Spotify Not Showing on Lock Screen? Fixed!

A lot of Android users may have encountered an annoying problem that Spotify doesn’t show on the lock screen when they are listening to music on Spotify. As one of the largest music streaming services in the world, Spotify has provided millions of songs to its users, however, the official hasn’t given a definite solution. Normally, you’ll see a lock screen widget with a few details while listening to Spotify music on the locked screen. If not, please don’t worry because in this article we have searched for several practical ways to help you fix the trouble of Spotify not showing on the lock screen.

• Log in & Log out
• Check Notifications Settings
• Turn Power Saving Mode Off
• Reinstall the Spotify App
• Disable Face Widgets
• Check Security & Privacy
• Check Sleeping Apps
• Use AudBite Spotify Music Converter

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1. Log in & Log out

Someone suggests that logging out and then logging back in may help solve this issue. After that, you will be able to see the Spotify widget on the lock screen. Below are the detailed steps:

• To sign out, tap on the Settings icon on the upper right and scroll down to the bottom to find the Log out option.
• Then sign in with your previous-used email ID or Facebook account.
• Finally, check if you can see the Spotify music widget on lock screen now.

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2. Reset Notification Settings

Notification Settings can dictate what happens when the phone is locked. Therefore, you can try checking or resetting the notification settings on your phone when you want to show Spotify on the locked screen.

• Open Settings and then tap on Status bar & Notification to check if the Show on Lock Screen icon is toggled on.
• Go to Manage Notifications and scroll down to the bottom to find the Spotify to check if the Allow Notification icon is turned on.
• Toggle on Show on Lock Screen option and choose to Always Display Notification Details on Locked Screen.

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3. Turn Power Saving Mode Off

When you turn on make Power Saving Mode, your phone will automatically prevent your apps from consuming too many resources when the screen is locked. So you can check whether you have enabled the Power Saving Mode Off when you listen to music from Spotify.

• Open Settings and tap on Battery & performance
• Tap on High Background Power Consumption’ and scroll down to find the Spotify app.
• Turn on the icon of Spotify

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4. Reinstall the Spotify App

Sometimes deleting and installing Spotify may help.

• Log out of Spotify, open Settings and tap on Installed Apps. Find Spotify and open it.
• Tap on Force stop and Clear data.
• Finally, tap on Uninstall to delete Spotify and reinstall it.

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5. Disable face widgets

If you have enabled your music widget, you can try disabling it to solve the problem.

• Go to Settings and tap on Lock Screen, then tap on Face Widgets.
• Turn off Music and try playing Spotify music again.

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6. Check Security & Privacy

The security and privacy feature would manage the operation of all applications on the phone. You can try opening your phone settings and adjusting the Spotify app settings.

• Go to Settings and choose Security & Privacy
• Tap on Permission Management and find the Spotify app.
• Tap on the Spotify app and choose Single permission settings
• Turn on Display on lock screen.

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7. Check Sleeping Apps

The Sleep Apps feature saves battery power by preventing certain apps from running behind the screen. Therefore, you can check if Spotify has been added to your list of sleeping apps.

• Go to Settings > Device care > Battery > App Power Management > Sleep Apps to find the Spotify application.
• If it’s on the list, press and hold the Spotify app and choose Remove to remove Spotify from this list.

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8. Use AudBite Spotify Music Converter

While the solutions mentioned above may be useful, the easiest way is to download music from Spotify to the built-in music player on your smartphone so that you won’t be worried about the problem of Spotify not showing on lock screen. However, since Spotify music is encrypted by DRM protection, you can’t directly download songs to your phone. That is to say, you have to first convert Spotify songs to other common formats like MP3 and then transfer them to your smartphone. Here I’ll recommend a third-party tool——AudBite Spotify Music Converter to you.

AudBite can help you download and convert Spotify music to MP3, AAC, FLAC, M4A, M4B, and WAV at 5x speed with lossless audio quality. You can customize the output audio parameters like bit rate, sample rate, etc. Besides, it will retain the ID3 tags including title, artist, art album, and more after conversion. With the help of AudBite, it will be easy for you to download Spotify music to the local drive and add them to the music player on your phone. Just follow the steps below:

Step 1. Add Spotify Playlist to the Converter

Launch AudBite. You can choose to either copy and paste the URL of the Spotify tracks into the converter’s search bar, or drag and drop Spotify songs to the interface. After that, remember to click the + button.

Step 2. Set out Output Format and Parameter

Go to the menu bar in the upper right corner and choose Preferences > Convert. Then, you can set the output format, bit rate, sample rate, and channel if you need. After defining the parameters, click the OK button to save the settings.

Step 3. Convert and Download Spotify Music

Click the Convert button on the bottom right corner and AudBite will start to download and convert songs from Spotify. When the conversion process ends, you will find the converted files by hitting on the Converted button.

Finally, you can add your downloaded Spotify music to your phone by using a USB cable and start to play Spotify songs on the built-in music player.

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Final Words

In this article, we have introduced 8 methods to fix the issue of Spotify not showing on the lock screen and they can be applied to different systems of smartphones including Android and iPhone. Among them, what I most recommend is to use the AudBite Spotify Music Converter. You can download it from the purchasing link above or go to our official website. Just give it a shot and you’ll be satisfied with it.