What changes, told honestly

Anyone importing a large tracker list (e.g. via the converter) no longer has to import each chunk manually via a new address. A list can now point to its own continuation, Noise Guard shows "Load more" once the current suggestions have been decided.

Three larger additions at once: a reading mode that detects the actual article text and displays it calmly; the ability to export and share your own filter rules as a file; and optional syncing of core settings via your own browser account, deliberately without a Noise-Guard-owned server.

Withdrawn

Ad-skip for Twitch and Vimeo was planned, but dropped after research: Twitch has no skip button at all, ads there are fundamentally not skippable. Better to admit that than build something unreliable.

If an AI disclosure notice on a page gets dismissed repeatedly, Noise Guard now remembers that per domain. The dashboard can show a full month instead of just a week. Night mode can have its own time window for each weekday, e.g. earlier on weekdays, later on weekends.

Noise Guard now also runs in Firefox, not just Chromium-based browsers. Chrome and Firefox handle background scripts in Manifest V3 differently at a technical level, that needed a real port, not a simple copy.

Fixed

A flickering bug with reduced-motion enabled was reported (videos on Instagram, an animated background on another site). The first fix solved the flicker but caused a new side effect: growing elements like a chat input box got stuck halfway. Both symptoms are now resolved together.

The project originally had a different name, renamed to Noise Guard. First release on the Chrome Web Store. AI disclosure detection for Google, YouTube, and common social platforms was added as its own feature, entirely local, without any AI analysis of its own.