Reviews of Media Controller

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List of user reviews and ratings for Media Controller

Total ratings

4.37 (Rating count: 41)

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Review summary

Users find Media Controller useful and frequently rely on it for global media control across sites like Twitch and YouTube. Many praise its usefulness and ease of use. However, recurring issues center on reliability: the extension can be temperamental, occasionally failing to control playback, or only opening a tab link instead of controlling media. Spotify and YouTube Music remain problematic for many users. Key features often requested include volume control, a keyboard shortcut to open the control panel, and a picture-in-picture option. Visual polish and consistent appearance in the toolbar are also cited as improvements.

Pros

Genuinely helpful extension that users rely on for daily media control.
Works across major sites (Twitch, YouTube, YouTube Music) for media control.
Easy to use with a clean, usable UI.
Overall effective at accomplishing its core function and highly valued by users.

Cons

Reliability issues: temperamental, often inconsistent or stops working.
Spotify support is broken: cannot control Spotify; sometimes only opens a link to the tab.
YouTube Music support is inconsistent or not working.
Missing essential features: no volume control and no keyboard shortcut (also requests for PiP button).
UI polish needed; some reviews describe the UI as rough or outdated, and it sometimes fails to appear in the toolbar.

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User Reviews

Recent rating average: 4.10

All time rating average: 4.37

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5% (2)

Date	Author	Comment
2026-07-15	Da*****

2026-03-16	An*****	Just what I wanted and was looking for, unfortunately it seems temperamental and only works sometimes. It really struggles with Spotify. Could also use a facelift as it look very rough visually.
Just what I wanted and was looking for, unfortunately it seems temperamental and only works sometimes. It really struggles with Spotify. Could also use a facelift as it look very rough visually.
2026-03-15	ma*****

2026-03-15	Ya*****

2026-03-14	Ar*****	Genuinely helpful
Genuinely helpful
2026-03-13	el*****

2026-03-13	Ol*****	works on Twitch, YT, YT Music as of 13.03.2026, does not work on spotify however, only shows a link that will take you to the tab (better than nothing), this feature should honestly be built-in by now, thanks for the work
works on Twitch, YT, YT Music as of 13.03.2026, does not work on spotify however, only shows a link that will take you to the tab (better than nothing), this feature should honestly be built-in by now, thanks for the work
2025-12-16	Fi*****	5 stars , impressive , need more polish design as it looks little old but overall excellant work and must be buildin feature in firefox ❤️
5 stars , impressive , need more polish design as it looks little old but overall excellant work and must be buildin feature in firefox ❤️
2025-08-22	cr*****	worked for a day, then for spotify, only showed the link and just took me to the tab/website to control media. No longer capable of controlling it from the toolbar. Also showed outlook constantly which yeah I can remove it but kinda annoying.
worked for a day, then for spotify, only showed the link and just took me to the tab/website to control media. No longer capable of controlling it from the toolbar. Also showed outlook constantly which yeah I can remove it but kinda annoying.
2025-07-24	Fi*****	doesn't work on YoutubeMusic
doesn't work on YoutubeMusic