Music Handoff

Tracking since May 26, 2026.

Changelog

• Jun 2, 2026
  description

  Music Handoff lets you move music playback between music.youtube.com on
  your computer and the YouTube Music app on your phone — in one click.
  
  FEATURES
  • Pair once. The phone treats your browser like a Cast device.
  • Push current playback from browser to phone, instantly.
  • Pull what's playing on the phone back to the browser tab.
  • Volume control for the browser tab, persisted across reloads.
  • Configurable device name (the label your phone sees in the cast picker).
  
  HOW IT WORKS
  On first run, the extension generates a short pairing code. In the
  YouTube Music app on your phone, open Settings → "Watch on TV" →
  "Link with TV code" and type the code. From then on, the phone
  recognizes your browser as a known device.
  
  PRIVACY
  Music Handoff stores pairing tokens locally on your machine and talks
  directly to YouTube's own casting endpoints. Nothing is sent to any
  third-party server. The extension is open about issues —
  report bugs at github.com/EH127/music-handoff-feedback.
  
  SUPPORT
  If this saves you time, you can support development at ko-fi.com/musichandoff.

  Music Handoff lets you move music playback between music.youtube.com on
  your computer and the YouTube Music app on your phone — in one click.
  
  FEATURES
  • Pair once. The phone treats your browser like a Cast device.
  • Push current playback from browser to phone, instantly.
  • Pull what's playing on the phone back to the browser tab.
  • Volume control for the browser tab, persisted across reloads.
  • Configurable device name (the label your phone sees in the cast picker).
  • Connect from YT Music or YouTube on your phone — playback streams through the YT Music website tab.
  
  HOW IT WORKS
  On first run, the extension generates a short pairing code. In the YT Music
  or YouTube app on your phone, open Settings → "Watch on TV" → "Link with
  TV code" and type the code — either app works. Playback runs on the
  music.youtube.com tab, so only music tracks play.
  
  PRIVACY
  Music Handoff stores pairing tokens locally on your machine and talks
  directly to YouTube's own casting endpoints. Nothing is sent to any
  third-party server. The extension is open about issues —
  report bugs at github.com/EH127/music-handoff-feedback.
  
  SUPPORT
  If this saves you time, you can support development at ko-fi.com/musichandoff.

Permissions & access

Permissions

storagealarms

Host access

https://music.youtube.com/*, https://www.youtube.com/api/lounge/*

Screenshots