Now Playing - Taskbar Widget
See what's playing, right inside your Windows taskbar
Now Playing - Taskbar Widget launched on August 27, 2026 with 1 votes, #11,494 of 23,274 launches that month.
What it does
A tiny widget that lives inside the Windows taskbar and shows whatever's playing, so you stop alt-tabbing to your music. It follows any player through the Windows media session (Spotify, YouTube, Apple Music, Windows Media Player), with play/pause, skip and a seekable progress bar. For Spotify it also shows the liked state and controls Smart Shuffle, repeat and volume. No login, no API keys, no account. Free, open source, runs on Windows 10 and 11.
See and control whatever's playing — right from the Windows 11 taskbar. A sleek now-playing widget that shows the current track and puts the controls one click away, without opening the app or leaving what you're doing.

Works with Spotify, YouTube, Apple Music, Windows Media Player and any app that reports what it's playing to Windows.

FEATURES
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