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Web Vitals

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Google's Core Web Vitals extension

discontinued Jan 2025open sourceupdated Aug 16, 2026

Google's official Chrome extension for measuring Largest Contentful Paint, Interaction to Next Paint and Cumulative Layout Shift on the current page in real time. Combines local measurements with field data from the Chrome UX Report so developers can see how their lab numbers compare to real user experience. Reached end-of-life in January 2025 as its functionality shipped into the Chrome DevTools Performance panel.

The Web Vitals extension is a Chrome-based measurement tool built by the Google Chrome team to surface Core Web Vitals metrics — LCP, INP and CLS — as you browse. A toolbar badge flips between green, amber and red to reflect the current page's scores using the same methodology Chrome uses when reporting to PageSpeed Insights, Search Console and the Chrome UX Report. Clicking the icon opens a detailed panel with per-metric breakdowns, contributing elements and debugging information.

A distinguishing feature is its integration with the Chrome UX Report (CrUX) API: the popup overlays your local experience against aggregated real-user data for the same origin, giving immediate context on whether a problem is specific to your machine or systemic across users. The extension also offers an overlay HUD showing metrics live while you interact with the page — invaluable when diagnosing layout shifts, slow paints or laggy input handling without opening DevTools.

Google announced end of life for the standalone extension on January 7, 2025, after the same capabilities (and additional real-time metrics) landed natively in the Chrome DevTools Performance panel in Chrome 129+. The source code remains on GitHub at GoogleChrome/web-vitals-extension for teams that still rely on it, and the underlying web-vitals JavaScript library continues as the canonical way to measure Core Web Vitals programmatically in production.

Pricing

Free

Platforms

Chrome

Why it died

discontinued January 7, 2025

Google ended support for the standalone Web Vitals Chrome extension in Chrome 132 (stable, January 7, 2025); its real-time Core Web Vitals overlay was merged natively into Chrome DevTools' Performance panel. The extension is no longer updated, and its CrUX API key integration faces revocation. Developers should use the built-in DevTools Performance panel or the web-vitals JavaScript library directly instead.

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FAQ

What is Web Vitals?

Google's official Chrome extension for measuring Largest Contentful Paint, Interaction to Next Paint and Cumulative Layout Shift on the current page in real time. Combines local measurements with field data from the Chrome UX Report so developers can see how their lab numbers compare to real user experience. Reached end-of-life in January 2025 as its functionality shipped into the Chrome DevTools Performance panel.

Is Web Vitals free?

Yes — Web Vitals is open source and free to use. Free

Is Web Vitals open source?

Yes — Web Vitals is open source.

Is Web Vitals still available?

No — Web Vitals was discontinued on January 7, 2025. Google ended support for the standalone Web Vitals Chrome extension in Chrome 132 (stable, January 7, 2025); its real-time Core Web Vitals overlay was merged natively into Chrome DevTools' Performance panel. The extension is no longer updated, and its CrUX API key integration faces revocation. Developers should use the built-in DevTools Performance panel or the web-vitals JavaScript library directly instead. Consider React DevTools, Vue DevTools, Responsively instead.

What are the best Web Vitals alternatives?

The top editor-verified Web Vitals alternatives are React DevTools, Vue DevTools, Responsively.