Playback speed control lets you adjust your video speed while streaming on Pluto TV. Speeding up a video helps you save time and move forward through content efficiently. Slowing playback can improve comprehension for language learners, help you analyze a scene more closely, or make it easier to follow subtitles with greater clarity. While Pluto TV’s standard video player offers pause, fast-forward, and rewind options, many users want to enable playback speed control for greater flexibility.
Below is an overview of how to access and manage playback settings in your Pluto TV account, and how to explore options to enhance your streaming experience across mobile, app, and home devices.
Playback Speed Control on Pluto TV: Current Overview
Pluto TV currently doesn’t offer native playback speed control. It only supports basic playback functions, including:
- Spacebar or Enter: Toggle play/pause
- K Key: Toggle pause
- J Key: Rewind 15 seconds
- L Key: Fast forward 15 seconds
As shown in these keyboard shortcuts, the Pluto TV video player only allows users to move forward or backward in short increments. It doesn’t enable playback speed adjustments. This limitation applies across web, mobile, app, and home streaming devices.
Users who wish to change the video playback speed on their Pluto TV subscription will need to look for alternative solutions.
Chrome Extensions for Pluto TV Playback Speed
Since playback speed control isn’t native to Pluto TV, some Chrome extensions offer an alternative. Tools like Speeder for Pluto TV integrate directly into your browser’s video player. It allows you to manage player speed while streaming.
Once installed, the extension adds a small controller icon to your video window, allowing you to adjust playback speed. However, these solutions are limited to desktop or laptop web browsers like Google Chrome.
Playback speed controller extensions do not work directly inside the Pluto TV mobile app, smart TV app, or streaming device interface. If you stream primarily through a mobile device, home TV setup, or streaming stick, you’ll need another method to enable playback speed control.
Get Pluto TV Playback Speed Control for All Devices
While many users rely on Chrome extensions to control playback speed on Pluto TV, those tools are limited to web browsers. Enjoy Movies Your Way lets you control playback speed across multiple devices, not just your browser. With Enjoy, you can enable playback speed adjustments on:
- iOS and Android phones and tablets
- Roku
- Amazon Fire TV
- Android TV
This means you can adjust video playback speed whether you’re streaming at home, on your couch, or on the go using a mobile app.
No more being restricted to pausing, rewinding, or fast-forwarding in 15-second increments. Enjoy lets you manage player speed to match your viewing preferences.
With your Enjoy app, you can connect directly to major streaming services, allowing you playback customization across devices.
More Than Just Video Playback Speed Control
Additionally, Enjoy enhances your streaming experience with powerful content management features:
- Filter Out Unwanted Scenes: Built-in profanity filters automatically mute or skip inappropriate audio and scenes, helping you manage content for family-friendly viewing.
- Skip Ad Queues: Even if you’re on an ad-supported streaming tier, Enjoy’s Ad Skip Queue feature lets you fast forward past commercials.
- Customize and Translate Subtitles: Adjust subtitle size, font, and display settings for better video playback clarity. Translate captions into over 120 languages to make content more accessible.
- Tag Mode: Our unique profanity app feature, Tag Mode, lets you create custom filters to skip or mute triggers not covered by our profanity filters.
- Custom Stream Time Remaining: If you have 20 minutes or less left in the show you’re watching, Enjoy adjusts playback speed so you can finish on time.
*Not available for ad-tiered Netflix and Disney+ subscriptions.
Sign Up for a Free Account to Get Playback Speed Control on Pluto TV
While Pluto TV doesn’t currently have built-in playback speed control, this feature is vital to enhancing your streaming experience. It provides convenience in rushing to your favorite scene or slowing down a particular shot for cinematic appreciation.
Want to get playback speed control on Pluto TV—along with other stream-enhancing features? Sign up for a free account on Enjoy Movies Your Way today.
