Spotify is embracing the iOS Lock Display screen. The corporate introduced right this moment it’s introducing a brand new iPhone Lock Display screen widget to all customers operating iOS 16 or later that lets you faucet on Spotify’s icon to launch the app instantly earlier than unlocking your cellphone.
Assist for Lock Display screen widgets rolled out with iOS 16’s launch final fall as a approach to put glanceable data instantly on the cellphone’s display screen as both spherical or rectangular widgets beneath the date and time or as a line of textual content simply above it. Numerous builders each massive and small had been fast to leap on board with Lock Display screen widgets, together with main tech corporations like Google (together with YouTube), Fb, Snap and others. However Spotify had not.
Whereas largely meant as one other approach to join individuals with data from their apps, some Lock Display screen widgets may also be used as shortcuts that launch apps instantly. That gives faster and simpler entry to the apps you utilize essentially the most. For instance, certainly one of Google’s widgets enables you to kick off a search proper from the iPhone’s Lock Display screen.
In Spotify’s case, the app will merely open the Spotify app — saving you the time of unlocking your cellphone after which discovering the app icon or widget and tapping it. This may be helpful whenever you need to leap into your music or podcasts whereas on the go or within the automobile and don’t have time to swipe via apps and screens.
Earlier than, customers who wished Spotify on their Lock Display screen had been profiting from third-party widget customization apps, like Widgetsmith, to create their very own widgets.
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Aesthetically, Spotify’s rounded icon additionally makes for match alongside different in style round icons that adorn customers’ Lock Screens, just like the default climate and exercise widgets from Apple, for those who care about that form of factor.
So as to add Spotify’s new widget, you press and maintain your finger down in your Lock Display screen to make the “Customise” button seem on the backside. Faucet this to be taken to the realm the place you may select so as to add widgets and search for Spotify within the alphabetical listing. You possibly can then faucet on Spotify or drag the widget so as to add it to the Lock Display screen and exit the customization screens.
Along with the brand new Lock Display screen widget, the corporate helps different widgets, together with two sizes of Residence Display screen widgets for straightforward entry to your most not too long ago performed music and podcasts. It additionally helps Apple’s Reside Actions, which places music controls on the backside of the Lock Display screen whenever you’re actively utilizing the app.
Spotify notes that you simply’ll have to replace its iOS app to the newest launch to achieve entry to its new Lock Display screen widget characteristic. Customers have to be on iOS 16 or later to make use of most of these widgets, as effectively.
