Control Spotify From a Second Monitor While screening candidates
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. Resumes, an ATS and interview calendars crowd your day.
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 Recruiters
Resumes, an ATS and interview calendars crowd your day.
The problem: Music has to stop for every screening call, then start again afterwards.
The fix: Use play/pause as your call start and end ritual with one repeatable shortcut.
🚀 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
- Floating mini-player: Popup with play, pause, next, previous, shuffle, repeat, seek and a Liked Songs toggle.
- Mouse-wheel volume: Scroll over the player for fine volume steps, plus one-tap mute memory.
- Device quick-switcher: One click to the Spotify Connect device drawer from the mini-player header.
| Task | Switching tabs | Spotify-Web Playback Controller |
|---|---|---|
| Privacy | Depends on the tool | No credentials collected, local analytics |
| Scope | Any app, any tab | Spotify Web Player (open.spotify.com) only |
| 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 screening candidates. Use play/pause as your call start and end ritual with one repeatable shortcut.