Speed Up or Slow Down Spotify Playback While reading long articles

💡 Overview

Spoken content rarely suits normal speed. Long reading sessions in the browser pair well with quiet background music.

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 Avid Readers

Long reading sessions in the browser pair well with quiet background music.

The problem: Scrolling back to a music tab pulls you out of the text.

The fix: Control playback from the popup so the article never loses your scroll position.

🚀 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

• Four default hotkeys: Shift+Alt+Up toggles play and pause, Right skips, Left goes back and Down pauses only.
• 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.

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

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❓ Frequently Asked Questions