In this tutorial, we'll cover four easy ways to find out which song is currently playing on your HomePod.
How to know what song is currently playing on HomePod
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Put the iPhone’s Now Playing widget on a diet with Printemps
Whenever you start listening to media on your iPhone or iPad, you’re presented with a convenient Now Playing widget on the Lock Screen and in Notification Center so that you can control playback without having to visit the playback app.
Remove the ‘Not Playing’ text from Control Center’s Now Playing widget with this tweak
When you aren’t playing any music, you might notice how Control Center’s Now Playing widget exhibits the text “Not Playing” in the upper half.
Get an iOS 16-inspired Now Playing widget on your jailbroken handset’s Lock Screen with Echo
One of several things that seems to be receiving a facelift in the upcoming iOS 16 software update from Apple is the Now Playing widget that appears on the Lock Screen. Unfortunately, this means those who are staying behind to remain jailbroken will have a dated Now Playing widget aesthetic going forward.
MediaKiller lets jailbreakers dismiss the Now Playing widget with an Activator action
When you start playing media on your iPhone or iPad, it will automatically display the Now Playing widget on the Lock Screen and in Notification Center so that you can quickly control the playback from anywhere you might be in iOS or iPadOS.
Next Music displays a subtle notification with every song change
The iPhone is an amazing music player, especially when you have streaming services like Apple Music, Pandora, Spotify, and others right in the palm of your hand on demand.
Acies provides a redesigned Lock Screen Now Playing interface for jailbroken handsets
A popular thing to customize after jailbreaking iPhones and iPads is the native Now Playing interface — specifically, the one you see on the Lock Screen when you have media playing in the background.
Playtopia 2 gives jailbreakers a floating music widget and a reason to subscribe to Apple Music
In 2016, we showed our readers an innovative mini player widget for jailbroken iPhones dubbed Playtopia that could shrink to a compact size while floating over the top of any interface for convenient music playback control from anywhere.
Today, we’re excited to share that a jailbreak tweak called Playtopia 2 is now available for modern jailbroken handsets running iOS 14 — a project made possible by iOS developers Ginsu and Aviorrok.
Vide brings aesthetically pleasing visuals to the Control Center & Lock Screen media players
Many jailbreakers are perfectly fine with the way their iPhone functions, but they simply want to make it look different than it does out of the box. If that sounds like you, then you might enjoy using a newly released and free jailbreak tweak dubbed Vide by iOS developer Xyaman.
Get a native-esque Music widget on iOS 14 with MediaWidget
Noticeably absent from the plethora of Home Screen widgets offered out of the box by iOS 14 is one for music and Now Playing content.
Given just how much emphasis Apple places on music consumption with regard to its platforms, this seemed like an odd decision on the company’s part.
Some of the best jailbreak tweaks for iOS 14’s Now Playing interface
Continuing our unrelenting coverage of jailbreak tweak releases and pwnage news at iDownloadBlog, we’re coming back at you this week with yet another addition to our new micro series of posts showcasing some of the best jailbreak tweaks for personalizing a particular component of the iOS 14 mobile operating system.
We’ve already dove into the likes of Control Center and the Messages app, but this week we’ll be focusing on the Music component of pwned handsets by showcasing some of the best jailbreak tweaks for iOS 14’s Now Playing interface.
Luv lets jailbroken Spotify users like or dislike songs from anywhere in iOS
Many media streaming apps like Spotify provide a like button so that you can tell the app you like what you hear. The app then tries to curate playback based on the feedback you give it.
I enjoy the ability to enhance music playback in this way, as it helps with artist discovery. But it frustrates me that you need to physically be in the Spotify app to like a song, which calls for a multitasking and gesture shenanigans even when you’re trying to get something done in another app.