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How do I get music to play on my lock screen?
Get song info
- Open your phone’s Settings app.
- Tap Sound & vibration Advanced. Now Playing.
- Turn on Show songs on lock screen.
- Wait a few minutes while your phone downloads the song database.
- After the download is done, you automatically get song info like title and artist.
How do I get the album artwork off my lock screen?
On 5.1 Android you can go into settings, then Sound & notification, then into App notifications. If you block Spotify in there you lose the lockscreen player controller, but it also stops the lockscreen background from changing to album art.
How do I remove widgets from my lock screen Android?
To remove a lock screen widget, long-press it. Drag the widget up to the Remove icon and it’s gone. You can even remove the Clock widget, in which case only the large plus icon appears on the lock screen.
Is there a way to remove album art from the lock screen?
Most audio apps (podcasts, Pandora, Google Play) will show full screen album art in the lockscreen. The best workaround I found was to use a 3rd party lock screen, specifically Smart App Lock. It can be configured to replace the default lock screen, and it does not show album art in the background.
Why does Spotify show album art on my lock screen?
This is an inherent function of Android. Most audio apps (podcasts, Pandora, Google Play) will show full screen album art in the lockscreen. The best workaround I found was to use a 3rd party lock screen, specifically Smart App Lock. It can be configured to replace the default lock screen, and it does not show album art in the background.
Why is my album art not showing on my Windows Phone?
Windows Phone does not show album art in the lock screen, it shows an image of the artist. This image is automatically added from the XBOX Cloud. You can manually set images and album art using the MPA Tool but either way it will not show the album art on the lock screen.
How to set now playing artist art as lock screen?
In the Display artist art section, turn on or off (default) Set Now Playing artist as my lock screen for what you want. (see screenshot below) Bad cropping on the one above, When doing a lock screen screenshot, the system still wants to take a shot of both screens even though on lock screen one is in use, so it needs cropping.