vToad New Tab Page - Custom Live Wallpapers by vToad

🚀 IN BETA — NEW THEME COLORS, REQUESTED FEATURES, AND MORE!
vToad turns your New Tab into a visual playground by letting you upload your own videos, GIFs, and images as live wallpapers. It has pleasing and satisfying UI while being customizable and made to feel personal — let the theme colors match your media automatically or set your own theme colors to make it yours!

(Brave, Opera & Opera GX users — please scroll to the bottom for setup notes and Opera video guide.)

I’m a solo dev who built this with love, based on feedback and feature requests from users like you. If you enjoy vToad, leaving a review or sharing it means the world. Thank you! 💚

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🆕 What's New in vToad 0.0.0.5 (6/21/2025)
Major additions & improvements:
🐸 Image & GIF Upload Support — Not just video anymore!
🐸 Manual Background Preview — Instantly see what your tab will look like without refreshing
🐸 Auto Theme Now Supports Light or Dark Mode!
🐸 Manual Theme Upgrade — Pick a Main Color and an Accent Color
🐸 Clock Customization — Move it anywhere, resize it however you like
🐸 Search Bar Change — Now uses your browser’s default engine (due to updated Chrome extension policies)
🐸 Quality of Life Tweaks — smoother sliders, smarter auto-theme colors, updated popup

🐸 Btw I created a reddit page for any support, wallpaper resources, and for just sharing your new tabs pages! Check it out at r/vtoad! <3

🌌 Cosmic Tip: You can drag and rearrange your shortcut icons!

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💡 Core Features
🐸 Upload your own videos, images, or GIFs as animated New Tab backgrounds
Supported formats: .mp4, .webm, .ogg, .mov, .gif, .jpg, .png
🐸 Sets your background to a random uploaded media upon opening a new tab
🐸 Full visual customization — toggle or style each UI element your way
🐸 Use the browser’s default search engine in the minimalist search bar
🐸 Manage your top sites and add custom ones manually
🐸 Blacklist or remove unwanted shortcuts
🐸 12hr/24hr time, optional date display, and now: clock position + size
🐸 Distraction-free mode — toggle off any element to focus on your background
🐸 Fast, lightweight, and always improving!

⚠️ NOTES FOR BRAVE / OPERA USERS
Brave: You must enable this flag to add media:
brave://flags/#file-system-access-api
Then restart your browser.

Opera / Opera GX: Extra setup is required to use third-party New Tab pages (like vToad).
Watch this quick guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDUNyTbkiwc

💚 Final Word
That’s everything in this update! Thank you for using vToad and taking the time to read through. If you're enjoying it, a quick review or feedback would make a huge difference.

— Made with care by a solo dev 🐸✨