diff --git a/config/defaults.js b/config/defaults.js
index fb87e566..e90b36a5 100644
--- a/config/defaults.js
+++ b/config/defaults.js
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ const defaultConfig = {
 		notifications: {
 			enabled: false,
 			urgency: "normal",
-			unpauseNotification: false
+			unpauseNotification: false,
+			interactive: true
 		}
 	},
 };
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ce144c38..467217db 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@
 		"electron-updater": "^4.3.6",
 		"filenamify": "^4.2.0",
 		"node-fetch": "^2.6.1",
+		"node-notifier": "^9.0.1",
 		"ytdl-core": "^4.4.5",
 		"ytpl": "^2.0.5"
 	},
diff --git a/plugins/notifications/back.js b/plugins/notifications/back.js
index dedd9379..9e1b3fd1 100644
--- a/plugins/notifications/back.js
+++ b/plugins/notifications/back.js
@@ -1,18 +1,17 @@
 const { Notification } = require("electron");
+const is = require("electron-is");
 const getSongInfo = require("../../providers/song-info");
+const { notificationImage } = require("./utils");
+
+const { setup, notifyInteractive } = require("./interactive")
 
 const notify = (info, options) => {
-	let notificationImage = "assets/youtube-music.png";
-
-	if (info.image) {
-		notificationImage = info.image.resize({ height: 256, width: 256 });
-	}
 
 	// Fill the notification with content
 	const notification = {
 		title: info.title || "Playing",
 		body: info.artist,
-		icon: notificationImage,
+		icon: notificationImage(info),
 		silent: true,
 		urgency: options.urgency,
 	};
@@ -25,6 +24,10 @@ const notify = (info, options) => {
 };
 
 module.exports = (win, options) => {
+	//setup interactive notifications for windows
+	if (is.windows()) {
+		setup(win);
+	}
 	const registerCallback = getSongInfo(win);
 	let oldNotification;
 	let oldURL = "";
@@ -39,13 +42,17 @@ module.exports = (win, options) => {
 				}
 				return;
 			}
-			// If url isn't the same as last one - send notification
+			// If url isn"t the same as last one - send notification
 			if (songInfo.url !== oldURL) {
 				oldURL = songInfo.url;
-				// Close the old notification
-				oldNotification?.close();
-				// This fixes a weird bug that would cause the notification to be updated instead of showing
-				setTimeout(()=>{ oldNotification = notify(songInfo, options) }, 10);
+				if (is.windows() && options.interactive) {
+					notifyInteractive(songInfo);
+				} else {
+					// Close the old notification
+					oldNotification?.close();
+					// This fixes a weird bug that would cause the notification to be updated instead of showing
+					setTimeout(() => { oldNotification = notify(songInfo, options) }, 10);
+				}
 			}
 		});
 	});
diff --git a/plugins/notifications/interactive.js b/plugins/notifications/interactive.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..47b7c57c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/notifications/interactive.js
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+const is = require("electron-is");
+const { app } = require("electron");
+const { notificationImage, icons } = require("./utils");
+const getSongControls = require('../../providers/song-controls');
+const notifier = require("node-notifier");
+
+const appID = "com.github.th-ch.youtube-music";
+const shortcutPath = `("Youtube Music" "${app.getPath("exe")}" "${appID}")`;
+
+//saving controls here avoid errors
+let controls;
+
+//delete old notification
+let toDelete;
+function Delete() {
+    if (toDelete === undefined) {
+        return;
+    }
+    const removeNotif = Object.assign(toDelete, {
+        remove: toDelete.id
+    })
+    notifier.notify(removeNotif)
+
+    toDelete = undefined;
+}
+
+//Setup on launch
+module.exports.setup = (win) => {
+    //save controls
+    const { playPause, next, previous } = getSongControls(win);
+    controls = { playPause, next, previous };
+    //setup global listeners
+    notifier.on("dismissed", () => { Delete(); });
+    notifier.on("timeout", () => { Delete(); });
+    //try installing shortcut
+    if (!is.dev()) {
+        notifier.notify({
+            title: "installing shortcut",
+            id: 1337,
+            install: shortcutPath
+        });
+    }
+
+    //close all listeners on close
+    win.on("closed", () => {
+        notifier.removeAllListeners();
+    });
+}
+
+//New notification
+module.exports.notifyInteractive = function sendToaster(songInfo) {
+    Delete();
+    //download image and get path
+    let imgSrc = notificationImage(songInfo, true);
+    toDelete = {
+        appID: !is.dev() ? appID : undefined, //(will break action buttons if not installed to start menu)
+        title: songInfo.title || "Playing",
+        message: songInfo.artist,
+        id: parseInt(Math.random() * 1000000, 10),
+        icon: imgSrc,
+        actions: [
+            icons.previous, // Previous
+            songInfo.isPaused ? icons.play : icons.pause,
+            icons.next // Next
+        ],
+        sound: false,
+    };
+    //send notification
+    notifier.notify(
+        toDelete,
+        (err, data) => {
+            // Will also wait until notification is closed.
+            if (err) {
+                console.log(`ERROR = ${err}\n DATA = ${data}`);
+            }
+            switch (data) {
+                case icons.previous.normalize():
+                    controls.previous();
+                    return;
+                case icons.next.normalize():
+                    controls.next();
+                    return;
+                case icons.play.normalize():
+                    controls.playPause();
+                    toDelete = undefined; // dont delete notification on play/pause
+                    return;
+                case icons.pause.normalize():
+                    controls.playPause();
+                    songInfo.isPaused = true;
+                    toDelete = undefined; // it gets deleted automatically
+                    sendToaster(songInfo);
+            }
+        }
+
+    );
+}
diff --git a/plugins/notifications/menu.js b/plugins/notifications/menu.js
index a61cac67..bc2eab67 100644
--- a/plugins/notifications/menu.js
+++ b/plugins/notifications/menu.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-const {urgencyLevels, setUrgency, setUnpause} = require("./utils");
+const {urgencyLevels, setUrgency, setUnpause, setInteractive} = require("./utils");
+const is = require("electron-is");
 
 module.exports = (win, options) => [
 	{
@@ -15,5 +16,13 @@ module.exports = (win, options) => [
 		type: "checkbox",
 		checked: options.unpauseNotification,
 		click: (item) => setUnpause(options, item.checked)
-	}
+	},
+	...(is.windows() ?
+		[{
+			label: "Interactive",
+			type: "checkbox",
+			checked: options.interactive,
+			click: (item) => setInteractive(options, item.checked)
+		}] :
+		[])
 ];
diff --git a/plugins/notifications/utils.js b/plugins/notifications/utils.js
index c43ecb20..d48f8319 100644
--- a/plugins/notifications/utils.js
+++ b/plugins/notifications/utils.js
@@ -1,19 +1,57 @@
-const {setOptions} = require("../../config/plugins");
+const { setOptions } = require("../../config/plugins");
+const path = require("path");
+const { app } = require("electron");
+const icon = path.join(__dirname, "assets", "youtube-music.png");
+const fs = require("fs");
+
+const tempIcon = path.join(app.getPath("userData"), "tempIcon.png");
 
 module.exports.urgencyLevels = [
-	{name: "Low", value: "low"},
-	{name: "Normal", value: "normal"},
-	{name: "High", value: "critical"},
+	{ name: "Low", value: "low" },
+	{ name: "Normal", value: "normal" },
+	{ name: "High", value: "critical" },
 ];
 module.exports.setUrgency = (options, level) => {
-	options.urgency = level
-	setOption(options)
+	options.urgency = level;
+	setOption(options);
 };
 module.exports.setUnpause = (options, value) => {
-	options.unpauseNotification = value
-	setOption(options)
+	options.unpauseNotification = value;
+	setOption(options);
+};
+module.exports.setInteractive = (options, value) => {
+	options.interactive = value;
+	setOption(options);
+}
+
+module.exports.notificationImage = function (songInfo, url = false) {
+	//return local url
+	if (!!songInfo && url) {
+		try {
+			fs.writeFileSync(tempIcon,
+				songInfo.image
+					.resize({ height: 256, width: 256 })
+					.toPNG()
+			);
+		} catch (err) {
+			console.log(`Error downloading song icon:\n${err.toString()}`)
+			return icon;
+		}
+		return tempIcon;
+	}
+	//else: return image
+	return songInfo.image
+		? songInfo.image.resize({ height: 256, width: 256 })
+		: icon
 };
 
 let setOption = options => {
 	setOptions("notifications", options)
 };
+
+module.exports.icons = {
+	play: "\u{1405}", // ᐅ
+	pause: "\u{2016}", // ‖
+	next: "\u{1433}", // ᐳ
+	previous: "\u{1438}" // ᐸ
+}
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diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index c969527e..188f3193 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -6335,6 +6335,18 @@ node-notifier@^8.0.0:
     uuid "^8.3.0"
     which "^2.0.2"
 
+node-notifier@^9.0.1:
+  version "9.0.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/node-notifier/-/node-notifier-9.0.1.tgz#cea837f4c5e733936c7b9005e6545cea825d1af4"
+  integrity sha512-fPNFIp2hF/Dq7qLDzSg4vZ0J4e9v60gJR+Qx7RbjbWqzPDdEqeVpEx5CFeDAELIl+A/woaaNn1fQ5nEVerMxJg==
+  dependencies:
+    growly "^1.3.0"
+    is-wsl "^2.2.0"
+    semver "^7.3.2"
+    shellwords "^0.1.1"
+    uuid "^8.3.0"
+    which "^2.0.2"
+
 noop-logger@^0.1.1:
   version "0.1.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/noop-logger/-/noop-logger-0.1.1.tgz#94a2b1633c4f1317553007d8966fd0e841b6a4c2"