Control Spotify From a Second Monitor While working on an ultrawide display
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. One wide screen holds many windows, but not an extra music player.
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 Ultrawide Monitor Users
One wide screen holds many windows, but not an extra music player.
The problem: Resizing windows to fit music disturbs your layout.
The fix: Use the compact popup rather than another window.
🚀 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.
- Local focus analytics: Daily and weekly focus time, a seven-day chart and top artists and tracks, all stored on your device.
- Playback speed 0.5x to 2.0x: Presets at 1.0x, 1.25x, 1.5x and 2.0x, locked across track changes.
| Task | Switching tabs | Spotify-Web Playback Controller |
|---|---|---|
| Pausing music | Find the tab, click pause, return | One keystroke |
| Privacy | Depends on the tool | No credentials collected, local analytics |
| 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 |
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 an ultrawide display. Use the compact popup rather than another window.