# Background Audio Player

> Play and control audio from web pages in the background, even when tabs are inactive.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/background-audio-player](https://chrome-stats.com/d/background-audio-player)

## Overview

- **ID:** `background-audio-player`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Frederick Harrison
- **Category:** other
- **Daily users:** 8
- **Weekly downloads:** 1
- **Version:** 1.3
- **Last updated:** 2025-12-20
- **First published:** 2025-12-17
- **Size:** 14 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-08
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/background-audio-player/)

## Description

Play and control audio from web pages in the background, even when tabs are inactive.

## Rankings

- #36,888 — Overall
- #71 — background
- #74 — hd backgrounds
- #141 — audio
- #172 — player
- #248 — udio

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `tabs`
- `activeTab`
- `storage`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/background-audio-player)