Spotify Unveils New iOS 16 Lock Screen Widget, And That’s Exactly What We Wanted

With the release of iOS 16, Apple introduced the series widget for a lock screen that promised to change the way we used our iPhone. A few months later, as we approach iOS 17, developers don’t seem to have put much effort into integrating their apps with this feature. Today, however, Spotify becomes one of the few big companies to adopt itand here’s what it looks like.

Now that you have installed widget on the lock screen of your iPhone, you can select one from Spotify to have direct access to the app. Thus, the process of unlocking the mobile phone, swiping between all the apps and touching the streaming music service icon is shortened. A more than useful feature for those who use the app on a daily basis.

Certainly, you need iOS 16 and above to use this feature. While it’s not a drastic change like the recent redesign Spotify received that users didn’t like at all, it’s an improvement in the app’s usefulness.

How to install new widget from Spotify on your iPhone with iOS 16

If you want to have quick access to your music from the Spotify lock screen, here is a very simple process to do so. Don’t forget to update the app to the latest versionotherwise the icon will be unavailable.

First of all, long press on the lock screen of your iPhone. You will see a sort of setup menu open up. Here, click on the “Settings” button at the bottom.

Tap the left option Lock screen. Now, on a series of icons that appear just below the time on your iPhone.

In this list find the Spotify icon and click on it. If you’re having trouble finding it, you can scroll down and find the app alphabetically in the menu.

After selection the Spotify icon should now be displayed at the top of the lock screen.. Of course, remember that widget they do not support backgrounds with depth, so if you have wallpapers that use this effect, they will be sent back as wallpaper general.

The music service had a rough start to the year

Until now, Spotify seemed to rule the music industry. However, some of your decisions make you look a little bad in front of your users. One of them is a TikTok-inspired redesign that seems to point to a future full of videos on the app.

Also, after years of claims, a lossless HiFi version of Spotify still doesn’t exist. The last we heard is that Gustav Söderström, co-president of the company, assured that the project is still ongoing. Nevertheless, we don’t have an official date yetwhile competitors like Apple Music have long since updated their entire catalog for lossless audio, Dolby Atmos spatial audio, and even karaoke mode.