Speed Up or Slow Down Spotify Playback While following Pomodoro sprints

💡 Overview

Spoken content rarely suits normal speed. Short, timed sprints depend on clean starts and clean breaks.

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 Pomodoro Practitioners

Short, timed sprints depend on clean starts and clean breaks.

The problem: Opening Spotify during a break can swallow the break.

The fix: Use the sleep timer and shortcuts to start and stop music without opening anything.

🚀 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

• Mouse-wheel volume: Scroll over the player for fine volume steps, plus one-tap mute memory.
• Device quick-switcher: One click to the Spotify Connect device drawer from the mini-player header.
• Four default hotkeys: Shift+Alt+Up toggles play and pause, Right skips, Left goes back and Down pauses only.

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