Media Keys for Youtube™

Improve hardware media key handling!

Media Keys for Youtube™ - Improve hardware media key handling

Media Keys for Youtube™ is a Chrome extension that allows you to easily control YouTube videos using your computer's hardware media keys, even when the youtube.com window or tab is not active. It provides seamless control for play/pause, rewind, and forward functions, enhancing your overall video watching experience.
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Extension stats

Manifest V3
Users: 484
1
Rating: 4.04
(23)
0.04
Version: 0.0.1 (Last updated: 2021-06-01)
Creation date: 2021-04-07
Host permissions:
  • https://www.youtube.com/*
Size: 3.93K
Full description: See detailed description

Ranking

# 39,460 ▼ 181
Other rankings
#2229 in Accessibility ▲ 42 #14 in media keyword 20 ▼ 2 #77 in pause keyword 27 ▼ 1 #168 in press keyword 27 ▼ 6

Other platforms

Not available on Android
Not available on Firefox
Not available on Edge

User reviews

An excellent solution for anyone looking for a replacement to streamkeys.
by Laurentiu Dancu, 2025-03-04
play / pause on mac doesn't work - just accelerates playback speed 2x. ff & rw keys do work. Shame about play pause issue
by Dileepa Ranawake, 2025-01-05
I copied script from this extension and pasted it to "Custom JavaScript for Websites 2" and did as Marius van Voorden said and it works like a charm
by Andrey Gritsay, 2024-09-30
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Media Keys for Youtube™ requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details
  • Critical Request access to the following domains: youtube.com
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Risk likelihood

We don't have sufficient data to confidently determine the risk likelihood of Media Keys for Youtube™. Use it at your own risk.

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