"Now Playing" is a great feature that lets you see what song is playing on Google Pixel phones, even if you're not near the phone. Here's how to enable it on ANY Android phone.

While going through a recent Android System Intelligence update, the folks over at Android Authority caught a glimpse at how Google intends to bring Now Playing's album artwork to the lock screen. As ...

We can also confirm that Now Playing isn’t functioning properly on our Pixel 8 Pro. In a test with 10 songs played on a nearby phone, the Pixel 8 Pro, with Now Playing enabled, was only able to ...

Now Playing on Xiaomi 12 Ambient Music Mod looks similar to Now Playing for a Pixel-like experience. It can put the currently playing song on your lock screen and send a notification upon recognition.

Notably, there’s already a “Song Search” shortcut powered by the Google app, but Now Playing would provide an option that works in the background rather than taking over the display.

Currently, the Now Playing feature is only available on the Google Pixel 2 and later. However, there may be a few workarounds out there if you’re feeling experimental.

Now Playing runs in the background and uses on-device machine learning to automatically identify music. However, the company is working on a Now Playing Quick Settings tile that would let users ...