Control Spotify From a Second Monitor While working on a train commute
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. You work in a moving, noisy place with a small screen.
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 Commuters with Laptops
You work in a moving, noisy place with a small screen.
The problem: A cramped trackpad makes tab switching slow and fiddly.
The fix: Keyboard shortcuts beat a tiny trackpad every time.
🚀 Try It in Three Steps
- Move the Spotify tab to a second window or monitor.
- Pin the extension on your main window.
- Control playback from the popup or with the shortcuts.
✨ What You Get
- Device quick-switcher: One click to the Spotify Connect device drawer from the mini-player header.
- Sleep timer: Presets of 15, 30, 45 and 60 minutes with a live countdown that auto-pauses playback.
- Zero-polling design: A MutationObserver updates the UI only when the page changes, keeping CPU and memory use low.
| Task | Switching tabs | Spotify-Web Playback Controller |
|---|---|---|
| Scope | Any app, any tab | Spotify Web Player (open.spotify.com) only |
| Privacy | Depends on the tool | No credentials collected, local analytics |
| Focus impact | Context switch every time | Your work window keeps focus |
| Skipping a track | Switch window, click next, switch back | Shift+Alt+Right from any window |
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
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 working on a train commute. Keyboard shortcuts beat a tiny trackpad every time.