Given that Google is close to finalizing Android 11, this lockscreen art change will likely be in the public launch later this quarter. Very few applications have a setting to disable this, though Google Play Music has long had an in-app preference. Others are less miffed, and never appreciated how media notifications hid their chosen wallpaper. One possible reason could be that the redesigned notification controls show a non-blurred preview of the artwork, while another is that most Pixel 4 owners don’t even encounter album artwork when the “Skip lock screen” option is enabled. As biometric unlock options proliferate in the future, this could become the default experience. Many users are upset by this behavior, and the Android team did not provide an explanation.

However, others still have the old design, though Google considers this a bug that has already been “fixed” in an internal/upcoming build. This is already the case for users that enabled the big “Media resumption” redesign of player controls. In iTunes 11.0, there currently isn't the sidebar album art view that used to be there. Both will pop up the larger album art view you are looking for. We no longer show album art on the lock screen in R To get the second window back, all you have to do is click the album artwork thumbnail in the Now Playing area, either in the full version: Or in the Mini Player. In Android 10, a blur effect was applied to the media artwork.Īndroid 11 is getting rid of lockscreen art entirely as confirmed by a Googler in the Issue Tracker on Friday: To highlight active media, Google has long taken the album art of what’s playing and displayed it on the lockscreen. If this feature is enabled, VLC will automatically check an online database for an appropriate cover when you play an MP3, then display it in the main screen. However, as part of this, Android 11 will stop featuring lockscreen art. The popular, robust and free VLC Media Player provides support for retrieving album covers from the Web based on the data encoded in MP3s. From Quick Settings integration to a new design on the lockscreen, Google’s upcoming mobile OS significantly revamps the media playback experience.

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