Now Playing on Google Pixel smartphones is a worthy addition that helps users detect music that's playing around them, even without a manual trigger. However, as frequent users will tell you, it's not ...

Now Playing detects songs your phone hears in its vicinity and can identify them on your lock screen. Tapping on the detected song name currently takes you to your Now Playing history. Google is ...

Now Playing has offered a convenient way to identify songs playing in the background with your Pixel phone. Google recently confirmed that Now Playing was adding support for album art, and evidence ...

YouTube Music has been testing a redesign of the Now Playing screen since November of 2024. It’s not yet rolled out, and still in flux with YouTube Music now moving the thumbs up and down buttons.

In addition to the advertising that plays after every few songs, YouTube Music appears to be adding ads to the Now Playing screen. If you don’t pay for YouTube Music, ads will appear between songs.

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