Privacy-First Spotify Controller for Home Fitness Fans
No credentials, no browsing history, and local-only analytics.
💡 Overview
People who care about focus tend to care about privacy too. A workout video and a playlist share one screen, and your hands are full.
Spotify-Web Playback Controller states that it collects no Spotify credentials, passwords or personal information, and does not request access to browsing history. Its host permission covers only open.spotify.com. Focus insights are stored on your own device, and it does not log tracks or listening stats in Incognito mode. Optional anonymous diagnostics have their own toggle.
🧭 A Day of Home Fitness Fans
A workout video and a playlist share one screen, and your hands are full.
The problem: Pausing the workout video to fix the music wrecks your pace.
The fix: Use global shortcuts so skipping a track never needs you to leave the video window.
🚀 Try It in Three Steps
- Read the permissions on the Chrome Web Store page before installing.
- Review the privacy policy linked from the listing.
- Turn off optional diagnostics in the dashboard if you prefer.
✨ What You Get
- Mouse-wheel volume: Scroll over the player for fine volume steps, plus one-tap mute memory.
- Four default hotkeys: Shift+Alt+Up toggles play and pause, Right skips, Left goes back and Down pauses only.
- Playback speed 0.5x to 2.0x: Presets at 1.0x, 1.25x, 1.5x and 2.0x, locked across track changes.
| Task | Switching tabs | Spotify-Web Playback Controller |
|---|---|---|
| Scope | Any app, any tab | Spotify Web Player (open.spotify.com) only |
| Focus impact | Context switch every time | Your work window keeps focus |
| Pausing music | Find the tab, click pause, return | One keystroke |
| Skipping a track | Switch window, click next, switch back | Shift+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
Mini-Player
Dashboard
Shortcuts
Control Spotify Without Leaving Your Work
Global-capable hotkeys, a mini-player and local-only analytics for the Spotify Web Player.
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
No. The extension states it never collects Spotify credentials, passwords or personal info.
You must enable Allow in incognito under chrome://extensions. It does not log tracks or listening stats in private browsing.
It can be if you spend your day working out. Use global shortcuts so skipping a track never needs you to leave the video window.