Privacy-First Spotify Controller for Party Hosts
No credentials, no browsing history, and local-only analytics.
💡 Overview
People who care about focus tend to care about privacy too. Guests want the next song, and you want to stay in the conversation.
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 Party Hosts
Guests want the next song, and you want to stay in the conversation.
The problem: Running to the laptop to change tracks pulls you away from your guests.
The fix: Open the mini-player on a side display and use next/previous shortcuts from across the room.
🚀 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
- 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.
- Mouse-wheel volume: Scroll over the player for fine volume steps, plus one-tap mute memory.
| Task | Switching tabs | Spotify-Web Playback Controller |
|---|---|---|
| Focus impact | Context switch every time | Your work window keeps focus |
| Pausing music | Find the tab, click pause, return | One keystroke |
| Liking a song | Open the tab, click the heart | Tap the heart in the popup or press L |
| Volume change | Open the tab, drag a slider | Scroll the mouse wheel over the popup |
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 hosting parties. Open the mini-player on a side display and use next/previous shortcuts from across the room.