Spotify Web Player Hotkeys

Add keyboard shortcuts to control playback in Spotify Web.

What is Spotify Web Player Hotkeys?

"Spotify Web Player Hotkeys" is a Chrome extension that allows users to control playback on Spotify Web using customizable keyboard shortcuts. It supports essential features like play/pause, next/previous track, and volume control. Users can also navigate to different pages, toggle shuffle, repeat modes, like songs, and seek through songs and podcasts. The extension offers the ability to create global hotkeys and users are advised to restart their browser after modifying shortcuts. Note that the extension's functionality may rely on Spotify's web design, which can change.

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Extension stats

By: Alexandre Macabies

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Users: 7,000+

Rating: 4.60 (65)

Version: 1.4.1 (Last updated: 2024-10-06)

Creation date: 2020-05-30

Risk impact: Moderate risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

scripting
storage

Host permissions:

https://open.spotify.com/

Size: 26.92K

Email: zo*****@gmail.com

Ranking

# 12178 ▼ 41

Other rankings

#498 in Accessibility ▲ 3

#44 in shuffle keyword 5 ▼ 4

#65 in pause keyword 27 ▼ 2

#81 in song keyword 8 ▼ 6

#104 in player keyword 34 ▲ 2

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Spotify Playback Speed (v1.10)

4.00

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Extension summary

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Adds the following default keyboard shortcuts to open.spotify.com:

Play/Pause media key: play, pause – opens a Spotify tab Spotify if necessary!
Previous media key: previous track
Next media key: next track

There is no default shortcut, but you can also bind keys for:

Navigating to the home page or the search page – opens a Spotify tab if necessary!
Toggle shuffle
Toggle repeat (single song, whole playlist, disabled)
Toggle song like (since 2024, requires focusing the browser tab)
Toggle showing the queue sidebar
Toggle showing "now playing" sidebar
Toggle showing lyrics

User reviews

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Pros

Works well for controlling Spotify hotkeys
Easy to install and set up
Helpful for multitasking while listening to music
Active support and fixes for issues

Cons

Disrupts Bluetooth media controls for other applications
Only functions within the Chrome browser, not in other apps
Some features, like the global play/pause, do not work as expected
Customization of hotkeys is limited or unavailable

Most mentioned

Works great for Spotify hotkeys
Disables audio controls for other applications
Issues with global play/pause functionality
Difficulty with customization of hotkeys

User reviews

mary cloud, 2024-05-15

Works great! But the "like song" shortcut doesn't work as intended recently. Instead of liking the song it likes the whole playlist. Edit: Liked songs feature was fixed, everything works as intended again!