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New tabs, calendars and a calmer day.
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Alternatives
The best Momentum alternatives in 2026
Five new tab extensions to use instead of Momentum, what each does best, and which ones keep your calendar, focus tools and privacy in one place.
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Guide
The best new tab extensions for Chrome in 2026A short, honest guide to the new tab extensions worth installing, sorted by what you actually open a new tab for.3 min read
Comparison
Pax vs Momentum: an honest comparisonBoth put a calm photo on every new tab. Here’s where they differ: calendars, what’s free, faith, languages and privacy.3 min read
How-to
How to see Google Calendar on every new tabPut today’s Google Calendar events on every new tab in Chrome, with a quiet reminder before each meeting. Two ways, both free.3 min read
How-to
How to see your iCloud Calendar in ChromeApple Calendar on a Windows PC or in Chrome on a Mac: connect iCloud to every new tab with an app-specific password, and edit events from there.3 min read
How-to
How to put your Outlook calendar on Chrome’s new tabSee your Outlook, Microsoft 365 or Outlook.com calendar on every new tab, next to Google and iCloud, with a quiet nudge before meetings.3 min read
Guide
A lightweight new tab extension that won’t slow ChromeYou open a new tab a hundred times a day, so it has to be instant. What makes a new tab extension light, how to check, and how Pax draws its first screen in about 57 KB.3 min read
Alternatives
Tabliss alternatives now the original isn’t maintainedTabliss was a favourite open-source new tab. The original is no longer maintained; here’s what to use instead, including its community fork.3 min read
Alternatives
Bonjourr alternatives for when you want your calendar tooBonjourr is a lovely minimal start page. If you also want your calendar, reminders and focus tools on it, here are the alternatives.3 min read
Alternatives
Infinity New Tab alternatives without the clutterInfinity New Tab is built around a grid of shortcuts. If you’d rather your new tab showed your day and stayed calm, here are the alternatives.3 min read
Guide
Prayer times in Chrome, for six faithsSee today’s prayer times and a short passage on every new tab, worked out from where you are, for Islam, Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, Sikhism and Buddhism. Free.3 min readGuide
Rain, brown noise and focus: what the research saysWhy a gentle background sound can help you concentrate, how loud it should be, and how to pair it with a focus timer on every new tab.3 min readGuide
How to choose a private new tab extensionA new tab page sees you more than any other page. What to check before you install one, and how Pax keeps your day on your device.3 min readGuide
Quran with Urdu translation: the eight translations compared, and how to listenOne verse in eight Urdu translations side by side, what sets each apart, where to listen to the Quran with Urdu or English translation for free, and how to get a verse with Urdu translation on every Chrome new tab.3 min readGuide
Which Bhagavad Gita translation should you read? Eight compared on verse 2.47Bhagavad Gita 2.47 in eight English and Hindi translations side by side, from Sivananda and Prabhupada to Ramsukhdas, what sets each apart, and how to get a shloka a day on your Chrome new tab.3 min readGuide
Prayer times and the adhan on your PC: calculation methods explainedWhy prayer times differ between apps, which calculation method your country uses (with the Fajr and Isha angles), what Hanafi Asr changes, and how to get the adhan on a Windows PC or Mac without installing software.3 min readGuide
Pomodoro, 52/17 or longer blocks? Choosing your focus timer lengthsWhere the 25-minute Pomodoro came from, what the 52/17 study actually found, when longer blocks work better, and how to run whichever rhythm suits you in a Chrome focus timer with sounds and a site blocker.3 min readGuide
How to block websites in Chrome: five ways comparedChrome has no built-in block list for personal use. Here are the five ways that do work, from an extension to the hosts file, DNS filtering, Chrome policy and Family Link, with steps and which to choose.3 min readGuide
The 20-20-20 rule for eye strain: what it is and what the evidence saysWhat the 20-20-20 rule is, what studies actually show about it, the other eye-care habits ophthalmologists recommend for screen work, and how to get gentle reminders in Chrome without breaking your focus.3 min read