Last updated: October 9, 2026
Liquid Tab replaces Chrome’s New Tab page with an iOS 27–style home screen. It was designed to work without accounts, analytics or servers of our own.
Everything you create or configure is stored only in your browser (chrome.storage.local and IndexedDB):
We don’t collect, sell, transfer or share any of this. There is no analytics or tracking code in the extension.
The extension only contacts these services, and only for the purpose described:
| Service | When | What is sent |
|---|---|---|
Open-Meteo (api.open-meteo.com, geocoding-api.open-meteo.com) |
To show weather | The coordinates or city name of your chosen weather location |
BigDataCloud (api.bigdatacloud.net) |
Only if you press Use Precise Location | Your coordinates, to look up the city name |
Google favicon service (www.google.com/s2/favicons) |
For shortcuts Chrome has no cached icon for (can be turned off in Settings → Home Screen) | The website address of that shortcut |
Bing (www.bing.com) |
Only if you choose Daily Photo as your wallpaper | A request for today’s photo |
| Your search engine / AI assistant | Only when you press Enter in Search or Ask | The text you typed |
| Pages you choose to watch (Page Change Alerts) | Only for pages you add, at the interval you pick | A normal request for that page, without cookies |
| Calendar addresses you subscribe to | Every few hours, only for calendars you add | A request for that .ics file |
| Google speech recognition (built into Chrome) | Only while you use the microphone button to dictate | Your voice, processed by Chrome’s speech service |
On-device AI. Answers, Writing Tools and translation use Chrome’s built-in model (Gemini Nano), which runs on your computer. Your text is not sent anywhere by these features.
Sync (optional, off by default). If you turn on Sync, your settings, Home Screen, notes, reminders, events, workspaces and automations are copied to chrome.storage.sync, Chrome’s own sync storage tied to your Google account. Photos never sync. We operate no server and cannot read this data.
| Permission | Why |
|---|---|
storage, unlimitedStorage |
Save your settings, notes, photos and music locally |
topSites |
Suggest your most-visited sites as Home Screen shortcuts |
favicon |
Show website icons from Chrome’s local favicon cache |
search |
Search with your browser’s default search engine |
alarms, notifications |
Timers, Focus sessions and alarms that notify you even when no new tab is open |
offscreen |
Keep your music, ambient sounds and timer chimes playing while you browse |
sidePanel |
Show Notes, Reminders, Timer, Calculator and Music in Chrome’s side panel |
tabGroups |
Open a saved Workspace as a named tab group |
idle |
Pause Screen Time and break reminders while you’re away from the computer |
bookmarks, history (optional) |
Only requested if you turn on bookmark/history results in Search; searched locally |
tabs, sessions (optional) |
Only requested if you turn on open tabs in the App Switcher/Search, Recently Closed tabs, Focus site blocking, Screen Time or saving Workspaces. Used locally; never transmitted |
downloads, downloads.open (optional) |
Only requested if you turn on the Downloads stack in the Dock; lists and opens your downloads |
https://www.bing.com/* (optional) |
Only requested if you choose the Daily Photo wallpaper |
| Access to a specific website (optional) | Only requested for a page you choose to watch or a calendar address you subscribe to — one site at a time |
Questions about this policy: aminking140@gmail.com
Liquid Tab is an independent project and is not affiliated with Apple Inc. iOS is a trademark of Apple Inc.