How to make 'now playing' always work? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 7 months ago by rab@lemmy.ca to c/googlepixel@lemmy.world

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On my pixel 6, I don't know what update changed this, but you have to tap the music symbol on the lock screen to get it to ID a song. I want it to listen all the time like it used to so I can no-hassle scrobble vinyl to last.fm. Any ideas?

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[-] LukeTS@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago

AFAIK it only shows the song immediately if the phone can identify it offline. It can only do that with a limited set of songs so if you listen to something less known it won't be able to recognise it without talking to google first. When you click the music symbol on the lock screen it actually uses online services to identify what's playing.

[-] rab@lemmy.ca 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

It used to identify all the time though, without touching the music symbol. My last.fm used to show what I listen to at the grocery store or dentist's office for example ha

[-] LukeTS@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

The song list gets updated from time to time. That's the only thing that I'm aware has changed. I think you might have just gotten lucky with songs being included in the list before and now, possibly after an update to the list, are less lucky.

[-] rab@lemmy.ca 2 points 7 months ago

But if I tap the lock screen icon it can ID anything including obscure black metal haha

[-] LukeTS@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

Yes, because that's using Google's servers to identify the music. It's not offline anymore which is why it's not doing it by default.

[-] Pulptastic@midwest.social 3 points 7 months ago

This is how I have it set up. It worked today as you can see, and I rarely actively try to ID a song.

[-] ziddey@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

This happens to me all the time as well as at a glance not showing weather. Unfortunately the only fix I know is to clear storage for the Google app. You'll need to reenable ok Google and maybe redo some other configurations after, but now playing should work again, at least for a little while...

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