Screenshots as the store published them when we checked on .
Why we score it 70
- A Chrome App rather than an extension, on a platform Chrome has withdrawn.
- Has not been updated in over 4 years.
- Asks for a wide set of powerful permissions.
What it can access
On the sites it runs on, Transcreen can reach every site you visit. Its permission set rates 100 out of 100 for reach — a measure of what it could do, not of anything it has done.
Store rating 1.7 out of 5 from 6 people.
| Permission | What it allows | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| videoCapture | Use your camera. | 22 |
| audioCapture | Use your microphone. | 20 |
| desktopCapture | Record your screen, a window, or a tab, after you choose which. | 20 |
| clipboardRead | Read whatever you have copied to your clipboard. | 10 |
| webview | Embed and control web pages inside its own interface. | 10 |
| system.network | See your network interfaces and addresses. | 5 |
| identity | Sign you in to its developer’s service using your Google account. | 4 |
| INTERNAL_SPEAKER | We have not written a plain-English description for this one yet. | - |
| app.window.alwaysOnTop | Keep its own window above your others. | - |
| audio | See and control your audio input and output devices. | - |
| browser | Open new browser windows. | - |
| clipboardWrite | Put content on your clipboard. | - |
| contextMenus | Add its own items to your right-click menu. | - |
| notifications | Show you desktop notifications. | - |
| storage | Save its own settings and data in your browser. | - |
| system.display | See information about your monitors. | - |
What this was, and why it stopped
Transcreen was a packaged Chrome App: it shipped its own files and ran in a window of its own, rather than as part of a web page. Chrome Apps were a separate platform from extensions, and Google withdrew it — support ended on Windows, macOS and Linux in 2022 and on ChromeOS in early 2025.
What it ran: 1 background script of its own and raw network sockets, which only apps could ask for.
Unlike a hosted app there is no website underneath this one to fall back on. The app was the whole program, so when the platform went, nothing was left behind it.
Its listing was still in the store when we checked on 2 September 2026. Being listed and being usable are different things, and the store does not distinguish them.
What to use instead
No close enough replacement turned up in the same category. Filling the space with something that merely looks similar would be worse than saying so.
Read from this extension's own store listing and published manifest on . JSON · Method · Store listing