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With the service now reaching 217 million monthly active users, it's only natural that a user bases this large would remain vocal on any bugs and poorly rolled out features. Lots of Android users are complaining that Spotify doesn't work on lock screen. Unfortunately, Spotify has provided an unsatisfactory answer to users.
Now, Spotify users still not get an appropriate answer to the issue that internal testers clearly overlooked. Ideally, when you are listening to songs on the locked screen, you should be able to see a lock screen widget with a few details, but Spotify not. Here we will introduce some other methods to solve the issue of Spotify not showing on lock screen Android.
5 Ways to Make Spotify Work on Lock Screen
1. Log out & Log back in
One of the methods suggested by some of Spotify users is that logging out and logging back in helped them to solve this issue. Then, they are able to see the Spotify widget on their smartphones' lock screen.
Step 1. To sign out, tap on the 'Settings' icon on the upper right and scroll down to the bottom of the screen to find the 'Log out' option.
Step 2. Sign in using your email ID or Facebook account which once you used for logging in Spotify so that you don't need to create a new account again.
Step 3. Then check if you can see the Spotify music widget on the lock screen now and if the controls are working.
2. Notification Settings
The notification settings are designed for dictating what happens when the phone is locked. Then you control over the notifications of every app on your Android smartphone with easy. Let's get started in solving the issue of Spotify not working on lock screen Android.
Step 1. Open 'Settings' and then tap on 'Status bar & notification'. Check that the 'Show on lock screen' icon is toggled on. Otherwise, the notifications or shortcuts for any app won't be showed on the lock screen.
Step 2. Then tap on 'Manage notifications' and scroll down to the bottom of the screen to find the Spotify app - the list is in alphabetical order. Make sure that you have turned on the 'Allow notification' icon.
Step 3. After you turn on the 'Allow notification', you will see two more settings on the screen. You need to toggle on 'Show on lock screen' option and choose to always display notification details on locked screen.
Step 4. The other settings are optional. You need to set the playback of Spotify music. Choose the 'Playback' option and then toggle on the 'Allow notification' icon and select the importance of the notification.
3. Power Saving Mode
When you turn on 'Power Saving Mode', it will keep your apps on check and prevent them from consuming too many resources like CPU, GPS, and battery juice unnecessarily when the phone is locked. In this mode, the app cannot work normally as the phone is locked.
Step 1. Open 'Settings' and tap on 'Battery & performance' (it may be called 'Battery Optimization instead').
Step 2. Tap om' High background power consumption' and scroll down to the bottom of the screen to find the Spotify app.
Step 3. Toggle on the icon of the Spotify app and the Spotify program will be allowed to continue to running when the background consumption is high.
4. Security & Privacy
The 'Security & Privacy' manages all your apps on your phone, and you can make any adjustment on the setting of the installed apps. Now open the settings of your phone and begin to adjust the setting of the Spotify app.
Step 1. Open 'Settings' and then tap on 'Security & Privacy' option. In this setting, you will see lots of options for you to choose.
Step 2. Continue to tap on 'Permission management' option and scroll down to the bottom of the screen to find the Spotify app.
Step 3. Then choose the 'Spotify' app and tap 'Single permission settings'. Finally, you will see the 'Display on lock screen' option and make sure that the option is toggled on.
5. Phone Music Player
As the Android platform is endless customizable, you can manage and customize your lock screen at ease. But sometimes the customization is useless. At this time, you could choose the playback of Spotify music on the phone's built-in music player. Then the issue of Spotify not showing on lock screen will be solved completely.
If you want to listen to Spotify music on the phone' built-in music player, you must convert Spotify music to phone supported audio formats due to the DRM protection from Spotify music by a third-party tool like Spotify music converter. That ViWizard Music Converter for Spotify could be the best choice for you.
ViWizard Spotify Music Converter Key Features
- Download and convert Spotify music to common audio formats for free
- 6 audio formats including MP3, AAC, FLAC, WAV, M4A, M4B for you pick
- Remove ads and format protection from Spotify music at 5× faster speed
- Preserve Spotify contents with the original audio quality and full ID3 tags
Step 1. Open ViWizard on your computer and then it will automatically load the Spotify app. You need to upload Spotify tracks you want to ViWizard windows by drag and drop.
Step 2. Click the 'Menu' on the top-right corner of the window and choose the 'Preference' option. You could set the output audio format, bit rate, sample rate, and audio channel.
Step 3. Press 'Convert' button to begin downloading and converting the Spotify songs. Wait till the conversion is completed, then click 'Converted' button to browse Spotify music files.
Step 4. Copy the downloaded Spotify music files to your phone and then start the Spotify music tracks on your phone.
Verdict
After taking a look at those potential solutions, you may get an answer to the issue or not. Those methods may be not suitable for some Android user, and there still exists the situation that Spotify won't work on lock screen. At this time, you could try to reinstall and install the Spotify programs again and then see whether Spotify has a screen widget.
Adam Gorden is an experienced writer of ViWizard who is obsessed about tech, movie and software.
