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Pear Deck Power-Up Chrome Extension Analysis

Automation & Workflow Efficiency

Chrome extension ID: paijmjmfnjcbjlimjeminlepannmimbi

Pear Deck Power-Up is a Chrome extension designed to optimize the playback of multimedia elements within Pear Deck slides. It aims to resolve issues with video and animation rendering during interactive classroom sessions.

Developer:Pear Deck
Version:2025.05.08.00885-da3694deb3c54d314323d3121f5daa08e233249e
Size:1.25MiB
Last updated:
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External:Chrome Web StoreOfficial website

Overview

Installs

500K+

Rating

★ 2.5

30 reviews

Languages

1 locales

Includes English

Market analysis

Review-backed positioning, friction, and market signals for this Chrome extension.

Backed by review samples

Macro category

Automation & Workflow Efficiency

Pricing friction

Low review signal

Complaint intensity

High review signal

Listing & review signals
Observed signals from store listing text and review samples.

Listing positioning

The extension is positioned as a free utility to 'power up' Pear Deck presentations. It claims to ensure that embedded videos, animations, and GIFs play at full resolution on both the presenter's screen and student devices.

Inferred product pattern

A specialized utility extension designed to patch multimedia playback limitations within a larger educational presentation ecosystem.

Review-backed pain points

Users report that the extension frequently fails to work as promised, specifically causing black screens instead of videos and preventing Google Slides animations from triggering.

Observed feature gaps

Lack of a simple on/off toggle within the extension; lack of feature parity between Google Slides and PowerPoint versions of the platform.

Tags
Presentation EnhancementEducation ToolsGoogle Slides Add-on
Target users

- Educators

- Teachers

- Classroom Presenters

Primary use cases

- Fixing video playback in Pear Deck

- Enabling animations and GIFs in Google Slides presentations

Positive themes

- General brand affinity for the core Pear Deck platform

Negative themes

- Failure to play embedded videos

- Broken or non-functional slide animations

- Black screen issues during presentations

- Loss of ability to pause slides

- Inability to toggle the extension off without uninstalling

Observed friction

- Performance complaints detected

- No direct pricing friction reported for this specific free extension, though users noted premium requirements for other Pear Deck features.

Evidence boundary: Evidence gathered from user reviews detailing functional failures regarding video playback, animation triggers, and UI regressions. The analysis is based on a limited sample size of 30 reviews.
Complaint summaries
Review-backed complaint signals grouped by operational area.

Support

No specific support interactions were documented in the reviews.

Reliability

High level of unreliability; users report the extension frequently breaks core presentation functions like video playback and animations.

Privacy

No privacy complaints observed.

Access & pricing

- Free usage observed

- No clear access signal

- Free plan or free usage claimed

Store listing facts

Listing assets

- Screenshots: 4

- Videos: 1

- Languages: 1

Trust signals

- Privacy policy

- Developer contact

- Official website

- Support link

Store metadata

- Version: 2025.05.08.00885-da3694deb3c54d314323d3121f5daa08e233249e

- Size: 1.25MiB

- Last updated:

Listing SEO keywords

Search intent keywords
Keyword signals for evaluating how users may discover, compare, or search for this extension category.

Core discovery

Pear Deck video fixGoogle Slides animation extensionPear Deck GIF supportclassroom presentation tool

Comparison

Pear Deck vs PowerPointPear Deck animation issues

Problem

Pear Deck black screenPear Deck video not workingPear Deck animations broken

Alternative

Google Slides interactive featuresclassroom presentation software

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Screenshots

Pear Deck Power-Up screenshot
Pear Deck Power-Up screenshot
Pear Deck Power-Up screenshot
Pear Deck Power-Up screenshot

Links

Website: peardeck.com

Privacy policy: https://www.peardeck.com/privacy-policy

Support links: https://support.goguardian.com/s/article/Present-Google-Slides-Animations-with-the-Pear-Deck-Power-Up-1629749166744

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