Media Keys

Lets you control various media sites using the media keys on your keyboard. Supported Sites: youtube, pandora, spotify, bandcamp, google play, yandex, soundcloud, tidalhifi, deezer, plex, vk and more.

Media Keys - Control Media Sites from Your Keyboard

"Media Keys" is a Firefox add-on that enriches your online media experience by allowing you to control a variety of media sites using the media keys on your keyboard. Whether it's YouTube, Spotify, Pandora, or another platform, you have the power to Play/Pause at your fingertips. Note that due to Firefox limitations, some features like Play/Pause are only available when the browser window is active, and macOS is currently not supported.

Add-on stats

By: Carlin
Users: 1,801
-51
Rating: 3.39
(106)
Version: 2.5.2 (Last updated: 2020-02-02)
Creation date: 2014-10-25
Weekly download count: 12
Firefox on Android: Yes
Risk impact: Very high risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • storage
Size: 96.32K
URLs: Website

Other platforms

Not available on Chrome
Not available on Android
Not available on Edge
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Add-on summary

If you're used to the old Media Keys (versions before 2.0) you'll notice a few limitations with version 2:

  1. The browser window must be active for media keys to be detected due to a Firefox limitation.
  2. Only Play/Pause is supported due to a Firefox bug.
  3. Pinned tabs get priority over all other tabs when pressing a media key.
  4. macOS is not supported due to Firefox bug.

Please find us on GitHub if you'd like to request features, post issues or contribute to the project.

Supported Sites: youtube, pandora, spotify, bandcamp, google play, yandex, soundcloud, tidalhifi, deezer, plex, vk, subsonic/madsonic, jamstash, overcast.fm, music.amazon.co.uk, music.amazon.com, di.fm, netflix.com, and tunein.com, stitcher.com.

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Firefox Browser Add-ons does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Simple and working
  • Works properly
Cons
  • Doesn't work on Spotify
  • Only play/pause works
  • Highly buggy
Most mentioned
  • Only play/pause works
  • Doesn't work on Spotify
  • Doesn't work with Anesidora (Pandora player)
  • Works properly
  • Highly buggy
User reviews
by Johnny Bomba, 2024-04-22

by Johnny Bomba, 2024-04-22

by Johnny Bomba, 2024-04-22
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Add-on safety

Risk impact

Media Keys requires a lot of sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

Media Keys has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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