YouTube Remote Control

Name: YouTube Remote Control
Rating: 3.6667 (3 reviews)
Author: Wrybread

This allows you to remote control a YouTube window running on a laptop or desktop from the YouTube app running on your phone or other mobile device.

Overview

Firefox Add-ons Store

Daily users

416 ▲ 6

Data as of 2026-08-01

Rating:

3.67 ▲ 0.67

(3)

Version:

1.31

Last updated: 2020-11-05

Features & Capabilities

Out of the box youtube.com/tv won't load in a regular browser, only on a TV. But this extension changes that, which lets you remote control a YouTube browser window from your phone or other mobile device.

To use:

Open youtube.com/tv from a laptop or desktop. This is the window you'll be remote controlling.
click the Settings icon at the bottom left of that window, then "link with TV code" and it'll show you a code.
open the YouTube app on your phone and go to Settings > Watch on TV > Enter TV Code and enter that code and press the "link" button. You should now see a cast icon at the top of the app, click it.
Or in theory, if you're on the same wifi network, you can simply open the YouTube app on your phone and have the cast icon appear even without manually linking, but this doesn't work as reliably.

After linking, whatever you play in the YouTube app on your phone will play in the YouTube window on your laptop or desktop. Whoo hoo!

To stop casting, click the Cast icon again and choose "disconnect".

Troubleshooting: if it doesn't work or stops working: in the youtube.com/tv browser window go to Settings > Linked Devices and click "unlink all devices". And on your mobile device kill and relaunch the YouTube app and repeat the steps above.

User Growth & Download Statistics

Add-on

By:

Daily users:

Rating:

Version:

1.31 Last updated: 2020-11-05

Version code:

5128250

Creation date:

2020-11-03

Risk:

Permissions:

*://*.youtube.com/tv*
webRequest
webRequestBlocking

Size:

56.99KB

Full description:

Source:

Firefox Add-ons Store

Data ingested on:

2026-08-01

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 5,437 ▲ 40

Other rankings

#12 in laptop keyword 33

#44 in control keyword 46 ▼ 1

#54 in self control keyword 44

#58 in phone keyword 40

#60 in relate keyword 3 ▼ 2

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Developed by:

Wrybread

Firefox Add-ons Store

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/the-youtube-remote-control/

User Reviews

Now I can control my music while I'm away from my computer.

by Fi*****, 2026-07-29

Great addon thank you for your development yo much appreciated

by Bo*****, 2025-11-19

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Is YouTube Remote Control Safe?

Risk impact

Risk impact measures the level of extra permissions an extension has access to. A low risk impact extension cannot do much harms, whereas a high risk impact extension can do a lot of damage like stealing your password, bypassing your security settings, and accessing your personal data. High risk impact extensions are not necessarily malicious. However, if they do turn malicious, they can be very harmful.

YouTube Remote Control requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

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Risk likelihood

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YouTube Remote Control has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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