Hotkeys for YouTube Music™

Hotkeys for YouTube Music! Use your keyboard's media keys to play, pause, stop, skip, go back, like and dislike on the YouTube…
What is Hotkeys for YouTube Music™?
Hotkeys for YouTube Music™ is a Chrome extension designed to streamline your music experience. This productivity tool allows you to use your keyboard's media keys to play, pause, skip tracks, like, dislike, and stop music on YouTube Music™ site even while working on other programs. This plugin is compatible with the recently launched https://music.youtube.com site and provides options to rebind keys via Chrome's address bar. Make sure to disable other extensions or close other music programs if facing issues, and consider restarting your PC for consistent performance.

Extension stats

Users: 10,000+
Rating: 4.69 (134)
Version: 1.0.0 (Last updated: 2023-12-06)
Creation date: 2019-01-16
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • activeTab
Size: 10.64K

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Extension summary

Hotkeys for YouTube Music!

Use your keyboard's media keys to play, pause, stop, skip, go back, like and dislike on the YouTube Music™ website. The hotkeys work while you are in other programs too.

This is for the recently launched https://music.youtube.com

Keys can be rebound by going to chrome://extensions/shortcuts in chrome's address bar.

If it isn't working, try reloading the player using F5, disable any other extensions and close any other music programs etc. and try restarting your PC if it continues.

If this helps you, consider donating: https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=NGT2AJ6WXEXEQ I make no money from this otherwise.

YouTube Music is a trademark of Google Inc. Use of this trademark is subject to Google Permissions.

User reviews

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 Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.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
  • Restores functionality of media keys for YouTube Music
  • Global hotkeys for pause/play work across applications
  • Easy to use, works right out of the box
  • Effective for users in gaming and multitasking scenarios
  • Reliable in comparison to other solutions
Cons
  • Volume down hotkey is not functional for some users
  • Like hotkey can accidentally remove likes from previously liked tracks
  • Some users report issues with specific devices, like wireless headphones
  • Only works with YouTube Music and not with regular YouTube
  • Incompatibility accusations with other browsers or extensions
Most mentioned
  • Restores media keys functionality
  • Global pause/play hotkey
  • Volume down hotkey issues
  • Requests for support for regular YouTube
  • Overall positive user experience
Recent reviews
by Thomas Liebminger, 2024-09-05

thank you, dunno why youtube music decided to randomly stop using media keys but this extension fixed it
by BrainShackle, 2024-08-11

O M G! Thank you so much!! For many years I have been alt + tap to switch from CS to youtube in order to pause it for 20sec because its 1v2 :D Now I can finally pause it without leaving cs game or any video game which i had this problem in multiple games. <33. You made my YEAR! I hated to alt tab because it takes 2 sec to do it and 2 secs to switch back because its loading so looong. I recommend this app for 100% Life safer. 5/5 extension.
by SandlyCut, 2024-08-09
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Hotkeys for YouTube Music™ requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Hotkeys for YouTube Music™ has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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