Busy Households

Like Songs Without Opening Spotify While cleaning the house

A one-tap Liked Songs toggle that stays in sync.

💡 Overview

Good songs show up at inconvenient times. Walking back to the computer to skip a song costs time.

The popup includes a heart toggle that mirrors your Liked Songs state on the Web Player. Tap it, or press L inside the popup, to like or unlike the current track. The change is reflected immediately, so you can save a song and carry on without ever opening the Spotify tab.

🧭 A Day of Busy Households

You are moving around with a laptop or tablet near a speaker.

The problem: Walking back to the computer to skip a song costs time.

The fix: Use the mouse-free shortcuts or keep the popup open on a small window by the speaker.

🚀 Try It in Three Steps

  1. Hear a song you want to keep.
  2. Open the popup and tap the heart, or press L.
  3. Find it later in your Liked Songs library on Spotify.

✨ What You Get

  • Sleep timer: Presets of 15, 30, 45 and 60 minutes with a live countdown that auto-pauses playback.
  • Local focus analytics: Daily and weekly focus time, a seven-day chart and top artists and tracks, all stored on your device.
  • Zero-polling design: A MutationObserver updates the UI only when the page changes, keeping CPU and memory use low.
TaskSwitching tabsSpotify-Web Playback Controller
Focus impactContext switch every timeYour work window keeps focus
Resource useA full tab in the foregroundObserver-based, near-zero overhead
Volume changeOpen the tab, drag a sliderScroll the mouse wheel over the popup
Skipping a trackSwitch window, click next, switch backShift+Alt+Right from any window

Note: it works with the Spotify Web Player at open.spotify.com only, and does not control the desktop app.

📸 See It in Action

Spotify-Web Playback Controller mini-player

Mini-Player

Spotify-Web Playback Controller dashboard

Dashboard

Spotify-Web Playback Controller keyboard shortcuts

Shortcuts

Control Spotify Without Leaving Your Work

Global-capable hotkeys, a mini-player and local-only analytics for the Spotify Web Player.

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❓ Frequently Asked Questions

It controls the like button on the Web Player, so your Liked Songs library updates.

Inside the popup, press L. Global commands cover play, pause, next and previous.

It can be if you spend your day cleaning the house. Use the mouse-free shortcuts or keep the popup open on a small window by the speaker.