Control Spotify From a Second Monitor While prospecting for sales
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. CRM, email and a dialer fill your screen and your ears are needed for calls.
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 Sales Reps
CRM, email and a dialer fill your screen and your ears are needed for calls.
The problem: When a call connects, silencing music in time makes a good impression.
The fix: Practise the pause-only shortcut until it is automatic, before the first ring ends.
🚀 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
- Sleep timer: Presets of 15, 30, 45 and 60 minutes with a live countdown that auto-pauses playback.
- Floating mini-player: Popup with play, pause, next, previous, shuffle, repeat, seek and a Liked Songs toggle.
- Device quick-switcher: One click to the Spotify Connect device drawer from the mini-player header.
| Task | Switching tabs | Spotify-Web Playback Controller |
|---|---|---|
| Scope | Any app, any tab | Spotify Web Player (open.spotify.com) only |
| Volume change | Open the tab, drag a slider | Scroll the mouse wheel over the popup |
| Liking a song | Open the tab, click the heart | Tap the heart in the popup or press L |
| Privacy | Depends on the tool | No credentials collected, local analytics |
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 prospecting for sales. Practise the pause-only shortcut until it is automatic, before the first ring ends.