Chromebooks come with a lot of built-in controls, but there are also a few media players that you can add to your Chromebook. Here are three tips on how to add a media player to your Chromebook:
- Add an app from the Google Play Store or the App Store. This will add the player to your Chromebook and make it easy to use.
- Use a Chrome extension or plugin. These extensions or plugins can be downloaded from the Chrome Web Store or from the Google Play Store and added to your Chromebook.
- Use a web browser extension or plugin. These extensions can be downloaded from the Chrome Web Store or from the Google Play Store and added to your Chromebook in addition to adding media players to your computer’s browser history.
To permanently add music controls for web playback to your Chromebook’s bottom row of apps and quick settings, you’ll need to play any media in the Chrome browser first. This can be anything from a YouTube video to a song on Spotify’s web application.
While the music or video is playing, click the status area in the bottom-right corner of your Chromebook’s screen.
In the following menu that pops up, you’ll find a widget to control the media playback of the audio or video that you have playing in Chrome.
Click the widget to enter the “Media Controls” panel. Next, select the pin icon in the top-right corner of this panel to bring the music widget to your Chromebook’s Shelf.
Once it’s pinned, a new music icon will be available on your Chromebook’s taskbar.
Select it to access the media controls for any or all of the music or videos currently playing. This option will disappear when you close the tab in Chrome that’s playing audio and will reappear when you play something new.
You can unpin the music widget from your Chromebook’s Shelf by expanding the widget and then clicking the pin button in the top-right corner.
You can also pin your recent downloads, files, and folders to your Chromebook’s Shelf.
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