YouTube Music Hotkeys
Use keyboard shortcuts to control YouTube Music playing in a background tab
YouTube Music Hotkeys: Control YouTube Music with Keyboard Shortcuts
YouTube Music Hotkeys is a browser extension that allows you to control background playback of YouTube Music without switching tabs. It offers features like building playlists, keyboard-based playback control, and opening or pinning YouTube Music. This add-on is not affiliated with YouTube Music.
Add-on stats
Weekly download count: 5
Firefox on Android: Yes
Risk impact: Very high risk impact 
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
- https://play.google.com/music/listen*
- https://podcasts.google.com/*
- https://music.youtube.com/*
- contextMenus
- tabs
Size: 47.54K
URLs: Website ,Privacy policy
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Add-on summary
This browser extension lets you control background playback of YouTube Music without switching tabs.
That is all.
Features:
- tries to build a new playlist when one hasn't been loaded yet
- browser action button (left click toggles playback, context click displays more options)
- keyboard-based playback control for play/pause, prev, next
- open and pin YouTube Music if it is not open yet
- autoplay when
&autoplay=trueis found in URL (useful for bookmarks)
User reviews
by Laci, 2024-11-23
by uimk, 2024-10-27
by Firefox user 18216023, 2023-12-29
Add-on safety
Risk impact
YouTube Music Hotkeys requires a lot of sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.
Risk likelihood
YouTube Music Hotkeys has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.
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