Spotify rolls out support for Android 13’s redesigned Media Player on Lock Screen and Notification Area
Spotify, the music and podcast streaming service, has begun rolling out Android 13’s redesigned media player support to eligible devices via a stable update through the Google Play store. . Media Player on Android 13 features a redesigned media player for Android devices on the lock screen and notification menu. The latest Android 13 media player has a taller frame for album art previews, redesigned icons, and improved position of the search bar for easier control of songs.
Google announced the launch of Android 13 in August this year and the latest version of Google’s operating system comes with a redesigned media player that shows up on the lock screen and notification menu. Spotify finally seems to have updated its app with support for the new media player with version 8.7.92,521 of the Spotify App for Android, like detect by 9to5Google.
Spotify made Android 13 media player support available to users for the first time through a previously released beta update. Support for media players has now moved to the stable channel via Spotify version 8.7.92.521, downloadable from the Play Store.
Spotify has now added support for the new Android 13 media player
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Users on Android 13 will see rounded square play and pause icons to the right, which are obviously larger and more accessible than on Android 12 devices. The search bar is at the bottom, located at flanked by next and previous track navigation buttons. Meanwhile, a shuffle button and a heart button are also equipped on the new media player.
YouTube Music, YouTube, Google Podcasts, Chrome browser, Recorderand Playbook were the first to start supporting the Android 13 media player, which is not surprising since they all Google application.
Spotify not the first third-party streaming app to introduce support for media players on Android 13 — services like sound cloud, pocket embryoand Shazam updated their app to support the new Android 13 media player, as reported by 9to5Google.
Eligible device users around the world can now download the latest stable version of Spotify 8.7.92.115 for Android with support for the redesigned Android 13 media player from the Play Store.
