Speed Up or Slow Down Spotify Playback While working from a home office

💡 Overview

Spoken content rarely suits normal speed. Your desk is your office, kitchen table and sometimes classroom.

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 Home Office Professionals

Your desk is your office, kitchen table and sometimes classroom.

The problem: Switching to a music tab blurs work and leisure.

The fix: Use the popup so music stays a background layer.

🚀 Try It in Three Steps

1. Open the popup and pick a speed preset.
2. Choose 1.25x or 1.5x for podcasts, or 0.5x to study a passage slowly.
3. Return to 1.0x with one tap when you want normal speed.

✨ What You Get

• Floating mini-player: Popup with play, pause, next, previous, shuffle, repeat, seek and a Liked Songs toggle.
• Shortcut profiles: Standard, one-handed WASD, compact Alt+arrows and function-key presets.
• Mouse-wheel volume: Scroll over the player for fine volume steps, plus one-tap mute memory.

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

❓ Frequently Asked Questions