Media Keys for Youtube

Name: Media Keys for Youtube
Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Author: Khaled Ahmed Elsayed

Improve hardware media key handling!

As of June 2026, Media Keys for Youtube has 53 users and a 5.00/5 rating from 2 reviews in the Accessibility category.

Khaled Ahmed Elsayed Accessibility

Chrome Web Store ↗.crx

Users+253.3%

Rating0%

5.00

2 reviews

Reviews+100.0%

Version

1.0.0

Manifest V3

History

8 snapshots

Tracking since Apr 1, 2026.

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Date	Users	Rating	Reviews	Version
Apr 1, 2026	15	5.00	1	1.0.0
Apr 11, 2026	17	5.00	2	1.0.0
Apr 19, 2026	22	5.00	2	1.0.0
Apr 24, 2026	26	5.00	2	1.0.0
May 10, 2026	27	5.00	2	1.0.0
May 18, 2026	41	5.00	2	1.0.0
May 27, 2026	45	5.00	2	1.0.0
Jun 5, 2026	49	5.00	2	1.0.0
Now	53	5.00	2	1.0.0

Permissions & access

Permissions: None declared
Host access: https://www.youtube.com/*

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About

A Chromium extension that enhances hardware media key functionality on YouTube with intuitive tap and hold gestures.

> Forked from [Media Keys for YouTube](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/media-keys-for-youtube/inpajkcdlienadkggigbmfhhkdkkpbfn) by the original author.

## Features
- Fixes play/pause button shifts video to (2x) double speed issue from the original extension
- **Tap** the next/previous track keys to skip forward/backward 5 seconds
- **Hold** (1 second) the next/previous track keys to skip to the next/previous video in a playlist
- Works with keyboard media keys and Bluetooth headphone controls

If you have any issues, bugs with other browsers, or want new features or want this published for Firefox based browsers as well, share with me.