Speed Up or Slow Down Spotify Playback While working on dual monitors
Rate control from 0.5x to 2.0x that persists across tracks.
💡 Overview
Spoken content rarely suits normal speed. Two screens still run out of room for a music window.
Playback rate runs from 0.5x to 2.0x, with presets at 1.0x, 1.25x, 1.5x and 2.0x. The extension locks the rate so it persists as tracks change, rather than snapping back to normal every time a new item starts. That matters for podcasts and audiobooks, and can be fun for slowing music down to learn a part.
🧭 A Day of Dual-Monitor Power Users
Two screens still run out of room for a music window.
The problem: Tab-switching on one screen can reorder your whole layout.
The fix: Keep the Web Player on the second monitor and control it from either screen.
🚀 Try It in Three Steps
- Open the popup and pick a speed preset.
- Choose 1.25x or 1.5x for podcasts, or 0.5x to study a passage slowly.
- Return to 1.0x with one tap when you want normal speed.
✨ What You Get
- Zero-polling design: A MutationObserver updates the UI only when the page changes, keeping CPU and memory use low.
- Local focus analytics: Daily and weekly focus time, a seven-day chart and top artists and tracks, all stored on your device.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pausing music | Find the tab, click pause, return | One keystroke |
| Resource use | A full tab in the foreground | Observer-based, near-zero overhead |
| Volume change | Open the tab, drag a slider | Scroll the mouse wheel over the popup |
| Liking a song | Open the tab, click the heart | Tap the heart in the popup or press L |
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
From 0.5x to 2.0x, with presets for 1.0x, 1.25x, 1.5x and 2.0x.
No. The extension locks the playback rate so it persists across song transitions.
It can be if you spend your day working on dual monitors. Keep the Web Player on the second monitor and control it from either screen.