Streamkeys

Global hotkeys for online music players including support for media keys.

What is Streamkeys?

Streamkeys is a Chrome extension specifically designed to enable users to control basic features of online media player hotkeys via global hotkeys. With Streamkeys, you can effortlessly play/pause, skip, rewind, mute, like, and dislike your music from any tab. Customize your hotkeys through the Chrome settings for an enjoyable, seamless music listening experience.

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By: kara-benn

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Users: 20,000+

Rating: 4.47 (949) ▲ 1 new ratings

Version: 1.8.5 (Last updated: 2023-11-21)

Creation date: 2020-05-23

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

tabs
storage
declarativeNetRequest
scripting
notifications

Host permissions:

http://*/*
https://*/*

Size: 1.09M

Email: kb*****@gmail.com

URLs: Privacy policy

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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 5713 ▼ 50

Other rankings

#2727 in Workflow & Planning ▼ 1

#51 in pause keyword 12 ▼ 7

#126 in media keyword 9 ▼ 18

#164 in play keyword 30 ▼ 12

#208 in keyboard keyword 38 ▲ 6

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Summary

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If the hotkeys are not working for you verify that they are set in the extension tab. To do that, click on the chrome menu (3 horizontal stripes on top right) and go to tools -> extensions. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click on "Keyboard shortcuts". From that popup you can change the keys to those of your choosing.

This extension enables you to control the basic features of online media player hotkeys via global hotkeys. Pressing a hotkey will trigger an action in the media player's tab. There are 4 actions bound to the following default hotkeys:

Play/Pause: Media key play/pause Play Next: Media key next Play Previous: Media key previous Mute: Ctrl + Shift + 2

Support for the following features can also be bound to hotkeys by the user (or controlled though the popup):

Like Dislike Stop

User reviews

User reviews summary

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

Customizable hotkeys for multimedia controls
Worked flawlessly for years

Cons

Became broken after chrome update
Possibly compromised by malware
Stopped working on various websites (e.g. YouTube, Spotify)

Most mentioned

Became broken after chrome update
Malware suspicions
Stopped working on various websites

Recent reviews

K470 keyboard. media keys not working. customization not works. especially multimedia start stop not works.

tarzworkshop, 2024-04-18

Toilet Warrior, 2024-02-29

Funciona perfecto, nunca me puede faltar, ¡gracias!

Eduardo Alvarado, 2019-05-14

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Safety

Risk impact

Streamkeys is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install Streamkeys if you trust the publisher.