wtf is spotify-taskbar-widget?

This is a Windows 11 application that adds a small now-playing widget straight into the taskbar for people using the Spotify desktop app. It shows the current song's album art, title, and artist, and offers full playback controls such as play and pause, skipping tracks, marking a song as a favorite, choosing a shuffle mode, repeat, volume, and a progress bar someone can click on to jump to a different point in the song. It is an independent, unofficial project and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Spotify. It pulls the current track information from a built in Windows system feature that already tracks what media is playing, the same one used by the Windows volume popup, so the widget does not need a Spotify account login or any API keys to work. Because Windows 11 removed the older taskbar add-on system, this widget works instead as a floating window that positions itself automatically in the empty space of the taskbar, next to the widgets button when present, and it adjusts itself to different screen sizes and taskbar settings. It hides automatically when another app is running in fullscreen, like a game or a video. For deeper features like showing whether a song is already liked or controlling Spotify's internal volume slider, the widget reads and interacts with Spotify's own window in the background. If a future Spotify update breaks that connection, the widget is designed to fall back to the more basic track information and playback controls rather than stopping entirely. Installing it is straightforward through the Microsoft Store or a direct installer download, and it checks for and installs its own updates automatically. It requires Windows 11 and the Spotify desktop app already installed, and is free to use.