Screenix records any Chrome tab with auto zoom on your clicks, a smooth macOS-style cursor, your webcam and your voice. Press stop and the video is ready, or open it in the editor to perfect it.
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Updated October 2026
Side by side
| Feature | Screenix for Chrome | Typical recorder extension |
|---|---|---|
| Cursor | Redrawn, smooth, editable | System cursor baked in |
| Zoom on clicks | Automatic, editable | |
| Follows tab switches | Varies | |
| Webcam, mic and tab audio | Often paid | |
| Account required | No | Usually |
| Where recordings live | On your computer | Often the vendor's cloud |
| Export | MP4 or WebM, up to 4K/120 fps | Often WebM, or 720p on free |
| Price to remove limits | $19 once | Monthly subscription |
| Records the full screen | Often |
Screenix records browser tabs only. Many generic recorders can also capture your whole screen or other apps, but bake in the system cursor and can't zoom.
Built into Chrome?
No. Desktop Chrome on Windows, Mac and Linux has no record button. ChromeOS has a basic screen capture tool, and Chrome's DevTools can record performance traces, but neither produces a polished video.
To record a tab in Chrome, you install an extension. Most use Chrome's tab or screen capture, which includes your system cursor as it moved. Screenix captures page pixels only and draws a better cursor afterwards.
Two modes
Instant mode renders the final video while you record: cursor, background, camera and optional zoom on clicks. When you press stop, the MP4 is ready to download or share, with no export bar.
Studio mode opens the recording in an editor with a timeline. Adjust zooms, crop, trim, speed up slow parts from 0.25× to 16×, pick a background and aspect ratio, and tune the cursor. Any Instant video can be opened in Studio too.
Private by default
Screenix stores recordings in your browser's storage and encodes exports locally. You don't need an account to record. Nothing is uploaded unless you create a share link.
What you get
The cursor, rebuilt
Screenix records the page without your system cursor, then draws a crisp macOS-style one in its place, with spring smoothing, click bumps, motion blur and a soft fade when you stop moving. Seven cursor themes, all adjustable.
Add to ChromeAuto zoom
Screenix zooms in on every click and pans with the cursor, so viewers see what you did without squinting. Keep the automatic zooms or move, resize and add your own on the timeline.
Add to ChromeFollows your tabs
Open a link, jump to another tab or reload the page. Screenix keeps recording whichever tab is in front in the same window, so a whole flow fits in one take.
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Add your webcam as a bubble you can drag anywhere, round or square, with your microphone and the sound of the tab you started on.
Add to ChromeFrom stop to sent
With a Screenix yearly or team plan, upload from the editor and copy the link. Viewers watch in any browser and can leave timestamped comments. Without one, export MP4 or WebM up to 4K, free.
Add to ChromeKnow before you install
Screenix for Chrome records the tab in front of you, so it can draw a perfect cursor over pure page pixels.
Screenix captures the page in the tab you're on, at full quality, without your system cursor.
Switch tabs, open links or reload in the same window and the recording keeps going in one take.
Your mic and camera record throughout. Page sound comes from the tab you started on.
It doesn't capture your desktop, other apps or other windows. On Linux, the Screenix desktop app does.
FAQ
Yes. Recording, the editor and exports are free with a small watermark. A $19 one-time license removes it in one browser.
No. Screenix for Chrome records browser tabs and follows you between tabs in the same window. For full-screen recording on Linux, use the Screenix desktop app.
Google Chrome and other Chromium browsers that install extensions from the Chrome Web Store, such as Brave.
No. Install and record. You only need a license key to remove the watermark, and a Screenix yearly or team plan to create share links.
Screenix sets no time limit. Recordings are stored in your browser, so the practical limit is your free disk space.
MP4 with AV1 or H.264, or WebM, from 720p to 4K at 30, 60 or 120 fps. Instant mode produces an MP4 directly.
Auto zoom, a smooth cursor and a finished video at stop. Free to try, no account needed.
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