Toolbar Controls for YouTube Music

Control YouTube Music player from your browser toolbar area
What is Toolbar Controls for YouTube Music?
"Toolbar Controls for YouTube Music" is a chrome extension that facilitates control of YouTube Music player directly from your browser's toolbar. It allows users to pause, resume, seek, adjust volume, repeat, shuffle playlist, and rate songs without needing to activate the YouTube Music tab, providing a seamless listening session.

Extension stats

Users: 1,000+
Rating: 4.93 (14)
Version: 0.1.2 (Last updated: 2018-09-19)
Creation date: 2018-09-18
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • tabs
  • storage
  • *://music.youtube.com/*
Size: 151.55K

Other platforms

Toolbar Control for YouTube Music (v0.1.3resigned1)
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Extension summary

This extension can be used to control YouTube Music from the toolbar area of your browser without activating its tab. The extension allows you to pause, play, resume, seek, change volume, repeat one or all songs, shuffle playlist, mark as liked and disliked right from the toolbar popup. The idea is to use the YouTube Music without the need to activate the tab to perform the basic commands.

Notes: this extension only offers controls. In another word, the tab is the actual player. You can only control YouTube Music from the popup. Hence you need to have an open tab for the extension to operate

User reviews

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Pros
  • Works well with no updates since 2018
  • Great functionality for controlling YouTube Music from the toolbar
  • Ability to like and see the playlist
  • Wildly underappreciated and very useful
  • Perfect for pinning YouTube Music tab
Cons
  • Requests for a floating window that stays on top
  • No hotkeys available
  • Extension icon does not resemble music and needs color change
Most mentioned
  • Works perfectly
  • Great solution for controlling YouTube Music
  • Loving it
  • Wildly underappreciated
  • Requests for a better icon and hotkeys
User reviews
by 우형석, 2024-10-23

Would be great if this can be a floating window that stays on top. but still, it's definitely a better solution than having to go to the tab and back.
by The Potato, 2024-08-20

Honestly, it's amazing how well this still works with no updates since 2018. Love it. Wildly underappreciated extension. Thanks!
by Giorgos Kourtis, 2023-06-02
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Toolbar Controls for YouTube Music requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

Toolbar Controls for YouTube Music has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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