# Spotify Hotkeys

> Add configurable keyboard shortcuts and notifications to the Spotify Web Player

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/spotify-hotkeys](https://chrome-stats.com/d/spotify-hotkeys)

## Overview

- **ID:** `spotify-hotkeys`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Jerosa
- **Category:** appearance,photos-music-videos,tabs
- **Daily users:** 174
- **Weekly downloads:** 8
- **Rating:** 4.85 / 5 (34 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.2.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-03-21
- **First published:** 2017-12-11
- **Size:** 22 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/spotify-hotkeys/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/jerosa/spotify-hotkeys-firefox/issues](https://github.com/jerosa/spotify-hotkeys-firefox/issues)

## Description

Spotify Hotkeys adds configurable keyboard shortcuts and notifications to the Spotify Web Player, enabling quick, hands-free control while you listen.

It ships with a ready-to-use set of shortcuts (for example, Play/Pause Alt+Shift+W, Next Alt+Shift+Right Arrow, Previous Alt+Shift+Left Arrow). All shortcuts can be customized in the extension's settings, and the skip duration is configurable from 1 to 60 seconds in the options page.

## Rankings

- #8,785 — Overall
- #6 — hot spot
- #37 — configure
- #38 — hotels
- #105 — keyboard
- #113 — shuffle

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `tabs`
- `storage`
- `notifications`

### Content script matches

- `open.spotify.com`
- `play.spotify.com`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/spotify-hotkeys)