Audiobook Listeners

Control Spotify From a Second Monitor While listening to audiobooks

Park the Web Player on one screen and drive it from the other.

💡 Overview

A second screen is a luxury, until it fills with windows. Spoken word benefits from speed control more than music does.

Because the extension talks to the Web Player tab wherever it lives, you can leave it on another monitor, or even in another Chrome window, and still control it from the popup or by hotkey. Your main window stays untouched.

🧭 A Day of Audiobook Listeners

Spoken word benefits from speed control more than music does.

The problem: Fiddling with tabs to change speed is annoying.

The fix: Use the speed control from 0.5x to 2.0x in the popup.

🚀 Try It in Three Steps

  1. Move the Spotify tab to a second window or monitor.
  2. Pin the extension on your main window.
  3. Control playback from the popup or with the shortcuts.

✨ What You Get

  • Shortcut profiles: Standard, one-handed WASD, compact Alt+arrows and function-key presets.
  • Local focus analytics: Daily and weekly focus time, a seven-day chart and top artists and tracks, all stored on your device.
  • Floating mini-player: Popup with play, pause, next, previous, shuffle, repeat, seek and a Liked Songs toggle.
TaskSwitching tabsSpotify-Web Playback Controller
Resource useA full tab in the foregroundObserver-based, near-zero overhead
ScopeAny app, any tabSpotify Web Player (open.spotify.com) only
Liking a songOpen the tab, click the heartTap the heart in the popup or press L
Volume changeOpen the tab, drag a sliderScroll the mouse wheel over the popup

Note: it works with the Spotify Web Player at open.spotify.com only, and does not control the desktop app.

📸 See It in Action

Spotify-Web Playback Controller mini-player

Mini-Player

Spotify-Web Playback Controller dashboard

Dashboard

Spotify-Web Playback Controller keyboard shortcuts

Shortcuts

Control Spotify Without Leaving Your Work

Global-capable hotkeys, a mini-player and local-only analytics for the Spotify Web Player.

Get Extension on Chrome Store

❓ Frequently Asked Questions

No. It just needs to be open in Chrome.

The extension targets the Web Player tab at open.spotify.com, wherever it is open in Chrome.

It can be if you spend your day listening to audiobooks. Use the speed control from 0.5x to 2.0x in the popup.