Spotify Podcast and Audiobook Speed for Board Game Fans
Presets at 1.25x, 1.5x and 2.0x, with locking between episodes.
💡 Overview
Podcasts and audiobooks are meant for faster listening. Digital tabletops run in a browser with friends on a call.
Playback speed ranges from 0.5x to 2.0x with quick presets, and the rate stays locked across track transitions. Pair it with the seek bar in the popup to skip ahead or replay a sentence. Slow down for dense material; speed up for familiar topics.
🧭 A Day of Board Game Fans
Digital tabletops run in a browser with friends on a call.
The problem: Music clashes with voice chat.
The fix: Keep volume low with the scroll wheel and pause during discussion.
🚀 Try It in Three Steps
- Open the popup while a podcast or audiobook is playing.
- Choose 1.25x, 1.5x or 2.0x.
- Use the seek slider to move within the episode.
✨ What You Get
- Local focus analytics: Daily and weekly focus time, a seven-day chart and top artists and tracks, all stored on your device.
- Zero-polling design: A MutationObserver updates the UI only when the page changes, keeping CPU and memory use low.
- Four default hotkeys: Shift+Alt+Up toggles play and pause, Right skips, Left goes back and Down pauses only.
| Task | Switching tabs | Spotify-Web Playback Controller |
|---|---|---|
| Skipping a track | Switch window, click next, switch back | Shift+Alt+Right from any window |
| Liking a song | Open the tab, click the heart | Tap the heart in the popup or press L |
| Volume change | Open the tab, drag a slider | Scroll the mouse wheel over the popup |
| Pausing music | Find the tab, click pause, return | One keystroke |
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
Yes. The playback rate is locked across song transitions.
Yes. The range starts at 0.5x.
It can be if you spend your day playing digital board games. Keep volume low with the scroll wheel and pause during discussion.