Spotify automatically displays a playback controls widget on your lock screen, even if you don’t add the Spotify widget to your Home screen. See this method to learn what to do if you don’t see the playback widget on your lock screen. If you’d rather add the Spotify widget to Today View instead of your Home screen, you’ll need to do something a little different to get started: Swipe right on the Home screen to switch to Today View. Scroll to the bottom of your widgets and tap Edit.

This option appears on both the Home screen and in Today View.

If you want to move the widget elsewhere on the Home screen, just drag it to a new location.

To remove the widget from your Home screen, tap and hold the widget, select Remove Widget, and then tap Remove. To remove the widget from Today View, tap Edit at the bottom of Today View, tap the - on the Spotify widget, then tap Remove.

On Android, the Spotify widget displays play controls right on your Home screen. This makes it easy to pause, play, rewind, and fast-forward from your Home screen without switching to the Spotify app. Even if you don’t add a Spotify widget to your Home screen, you’ll still be able to see Spotify’s playback controls widget on your lock screen. If you don’t see playback controls on the lock screen, see the troubleshooting method.

To delete the Spotify widget, tap and hold the widget, then tap Remove from Home (Samsung Galaxy) or drag the widget to Remove (other Android models).

Open the Microsoft Store app in your Start menu. Search for and select Spotify. If the button says Free, you don’t have the right version. Uninstall Spotify from your PC. Then, return to this window and click Free to get the right version. If you see Open or Update on the button, you already have the right version of Spotify.

At this point, you may already see a Spotify widget on the screen. If you do, skip to step 5.

If you need to reposition the widget, press Windows key + G to bring up the game bar, then drag the widget anywhere. To remove the widget, press Windows key + G, then click the X on the widget. The widget will also disappear if you force-close Game Bar or restart your PC.

Open the Spotify app and tap the gear icon at the top-right. Tap Devices. Toggle on the “Devices Lock Screen” switch.

iPhone/iPad: Open the Settings app. Scroll down and tap Spotify. Make sure the “Allow notifications” slider is set to On. If there’s no checkmark under “Lock Screen,” tap the box to turn the feature on. Android: Open Settings. Tap Notifications or Apps & Notifications (the steps will be different on most Androids, but you’re looking for your notification settings per app). If you don’t see a list of apps, tap App settings, App notifications, or similar. [3] X Research source Tap Spotify. Make sure the option to hide notifications from the lock screen is not enabled. You may need to tap Advanced to find this option.

Samsung Galaxy: Open the Settings app. On Samsung Galaxy OS 13 and later, go to Notifications > Lock screen notifications, and make sure “Hide Content” is turned off. [4] X Research source On OS 12, go to Lock screen, and make sure the switch next to “Notifications” is turned on. Tap Notifications, and make sure “Hide Content” is turned off. Stock Android: Open your Settings and tap Apps and notifications. Tap Notifications. Tap Notifications on lock screen or On lock screen. Choose Show alerting and silent notifications or Show all notification content.

Open the Settings app. Tap Security. Tap Face & Fingerprint Unlock. Tap Face Unlock. Turn on Skip lock screen.

iPhone/iPad: Open Settings and tap Battery. Toggle off “Lower Power Mode. " Android: Open the Settings app and select Battery. Disable “Battery Saver” or “Power Saving Mode,” depending on your phone or tablet. [5] X Research source