Spotify Sleep Timer for Audiobook Listeners
Quick timers for 15, 30, 45 or 60 minutes with a live countdown.
💡 Overview
Some music is meant to end on its own. Spoken word benefits from speed control more than music does.
The smart background sleep timer offers quick presets of 15, 30, 45 and 60 minutes. A live countdown badge shows time remaining, and the timer runs on background alarms, so it keeps counting after you close the popup. When time is up, playback pauses automatically.
🧭 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
- Open the popup and choose a sleep timer preset.
- Watch the countdown badge for the time remaining.
- Let playback pause itself when the timer ends.
✨ What You Get
- Four default hotkeys: Shift+Alt+Up toggles play and pause, Right skips, Left goes back and Down pauses only.
- Playback speed 0.5x to 2.0x: Presets at 1.0x, 1.25x, 1.5x and 2.0x, locked across track changes.
- Shortcut profiles: Standard, one-handed WASD, compact Alt+arrows and function-key presets.
| Task | Switching tabs | Spotify-Web Playback Controller |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Pausing music | Find the tab, click pause, return | One keystroke |
| Scope | Any app, any tab | Spotify Web Player (open.spotify.com) only |
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
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Global-capable hotkeys, a mini-player and local-only analytics for the Spotify Web Player.
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
Quick presets of 15, 30, 45 and 60 minutes.
Yes. It runs on background alarms and pauses playback when it finishes.
It can be if you spend your day listening to audiobooks. Use the speed control from 0.5x to 2.0x in the popup.