Speed Up or Slow Down Spotify Playback While hosting webinars

💡 Overview

Spoken content rarely suits normal speed. You are on stage in a browser tab.

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 Webinar Hosts

You are on stage in a browser tab.

The problem: Music at the wrong moment is embarrassing.

The fix: Silence it with one key before you go live and keep volume at zero until you want it.

🚀 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

• Dynamic album-art backdrops: A blurred, color-adaptive background drawn from the current artwork, in dark or light theme.
• Zero-polling design: A MutationObserver updates the UI only when the page changes, keeping CPU and memory use low.
• 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