SoundNotify - Auto Tab Switcher

Tracking since Apr 29, 2026.

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• Apr 29, 2026
  description

  Are you tired of missing important notifications because you're buried in one of your many open tabs? With SoundNotify, you’ll never miss a crucial update again. This smart Chrome extension detects sound notifications from any specified tab and automatically switches to it, ensuring you stay on top of what's important.
  
  Detection Mechanism: The extension detects the rising edge of a sound notification. This means that when a specified tab emits a sound notification, SoundNotify will detect this initial sound rise and switch to that tab automatically.
  
  Video Playback: If a video is playing in a specified tab, the extension will also detect the sound from the video. However, once you switch away from this tab while the video is still running, the extension will not continuously switch back to the video tab. It only reacts to the initial sound rise, not continuous sound.
  
  Why Install SoundNotify?
  
  Never Miss Important Updates: Whether it's an email alert, a message notification, or any other sound cue, stay informed by automatically switching to the relevant tab.
  
  Enhanced Efficiency: Save time and boost productivity by reducing the need to manually switch between tabs to check for updates.
  
  Stay Focused: Maintain your workflow without the distraction of hunting down the source of a notification.
  
  Perfect for Freelancers: As a freelancer, staying on top of work notifications is crucial. With SoundNotify, you can instantly switch to your work notification tab and respond promptly. For instance, if you have only 30 seconds to read and accept a task, this extension ensures you don’t waste precious seconds searching for the notification source. This feature was inspired by my own experience as a freelancer, where missing a notification often meant missing out on important tasks.
  
  Quiet Work Environment: Enjoy a peaceful work environment without the need for loud audio. SoundNotify detects notifications even when your PC is muted, ensuring you never miss an important update while maintaining a tranquil workspace.
  
  Versatile Use: Perfect for professionals, students, and anyone who works with multiple tabs and needs to stay on top of various notifications.

  Never miss a crucial update again—even if your computer is completely muted.
  
  Are you tired of hunting through dozens of open tabs to find the one that just "dinged"? SoundNotify is an intelligent productivity extension that detects background audio alerts and instantly pulls the notification tab to the front, ensuring you stay on top of what's important.
  
  Originally built to solve a massive pain point for freelancers who only have 30 seconds to claim an incoming task, SoundNotify has evolved into a powerhouse tab manager featuring Do Not Disturb timers, domain schedules, and context profiles.
  
  ✨ Key Features
  1 - Instant Auto-Switching: Automatically focuses the exact tab and window where sound is detected. Save time and maintain your workflow without the distraction of hunting down the source.
  
  2 - Silent Workspace Compatible: Prefer to work in a quiet environment? SoundNotify detects browser audio events even when your device speakers are completely muted!
  
  3 - Advanced Domain Rules: Take total control over your chattiest websites. Set specific schedules (e.g., active 9-5 only), enforce cooldowns to prevent spam from rapid-fire chat messages, or use "Notify Only" mode for a passive desktop alert.
  
  4 - Focus & Do Not Disturb (DND): Need to do deep work? Pause all tab switching instantly, or run a Focus Session that converts interruptions into silent desktop notifications.
  
  5 - Profiles: Save and swap between different rule configurations (e.g., "Work Mode" vs. "Weekend Mode") instantly.
  
  6 - Activity Log: A detailed history tracks every audio event. See exactly what triggered an alert and why SoundNotify switched to it, sent a desktop notification, or blocked it.
  
  🧠 Smart "Rising Edge" Detection
  Worried about the extension constantly pulling you back to a playing YouTube video? Don't be.
  SoundNotify uses "rising edge" sound detection. It only reacts to the initial spike of a sound (like a notification chime). If a video or song is continuously playing in a background tab, the extension will not continuously switch back to it once you navigate away.
  
  💼 Perfect for Freelancers & Remote Workers
  As a freelancer, missing a notification often means missing out on an important job. If you have a platform that only gives you 30 seconds to read and accept a task, SoundNotify ensures you don’t waste 15 of those seconds searching for the tab. It brings the work directly to you.
  
  📌 Setup Tips
  Pin the Extension: We highly recommend clicking the "Puzzle" icon in Chrome and pinning SoundNotify to your toolbar! This lets you see the live badge counter for unseen logs.
  
  Custom Shortcuts: Navigate to chrome://extensions/shortcuts to define your own global keyboard shortcuts to open the extension or instantly toggle a Do Not Disturb session (e.g., Alt + Shift + D).
  
  🔒 Privacy First
  Your data belongs to you. SoundNotify operates entirely locally on your device. It does not collect, store, or transmit any browsing history, telemetry, or personal data to the developer or any third-party servers.

• Apr 29, 2026
  short_description

  Automatically switch to a specified tab when it detects a sound notification.

  Automatically switch to a tab when it plays sound. Supports permanent per-domain rules, schedules, DND, focus sessions and profiles.

• Apr 29, 2026
  permissions

  activeTab, storage

  activeTab, storage, tabs, notifications, alarms

Permissions & access

Permissions

activeTabstoragetabsnotificationsalarms

Host access

None declared

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