YouTube Music Hotkeys

Use keyboard shortcuts to control YouTube Music

YouTube Music Hotkeys - Control YouTube Music Via Shortcuts

"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

Users: 911

Rating: 4.93

(14)

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

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# 32,536 ▲ 177

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Extension summary

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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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