YouTube Music Hotkeys

Use keyboard shortcuts to control YouTube Music

What is YouTube Music Hotkeys?

"YouTube Music Hotkeys" is a Chrome extension that enables users to control YouTube Music (formerly Google Music) background playback without tab swapping. Key features include a browser action button enabling toggling of playback and providing other options on right click. Users can also open and pin YouTube Music and use keyboard shortcuts such as Ctrl+Shift+8 for toggling playback, Ctrl+Shift+9 for the previous song, and Ctrl+Shift+0 for the next song. Moreover, it supports autoplay when &autoplay=true is in the URL. Default shortcuts can be customized via chrome://extensions/configure.

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Extension stats

By: lidel

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Users: 919 ▲ 16

Rating: 4.93 (14) ▼ 0.07

Version: 1.9.0 (Last updated: 2021-05-04)

Creation date: 2019-10-13

Risk impact: Very high risk impact

Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

https://play.google.com/music/listen*
https://podcasts.google.com/*
https://music.youtube.com/*
contextMenus
tabs

Size: 41.72K

Email: ch*****@lidel.org

Ranking

# 32417 ▲ 117

Other rankings

#26194 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 2 #33 in music keyword 20 ▲ 8 #195 in shift keyword 26 ▲ 24 #226 in song keyword 37 ▲ 19

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YouTube Music Hotkeys (v1.9.0)

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Extension summary

Analyze keywords

This browser extension lets you control background playback of YouTube Music (previously known as Google Music) without switching tabs. That is all.

Features:

browser action button 
left click toggles playback, context click displays more options
open and pin YouTube Music if it is not open yet
toggle playback: Ctrl+Shift+8
previous song: Ctrl+Shift+9
next song: Ctrl+Shift+0
autoplay when &autoplay=true is found in URL

One can customize default shortcuts via chrome://extensions/configure

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