iOS 16 Brings Back Full-Screen Music Player to the Lock Screen

[MacRumors]

With iOS 16, Apple is bringing the full-screen music player back to the Lock Screen, offering an entirely new view that puts album art in the center with controls at the bottom.

The full-screen music player on the lock screen was last available with iOS 10 and is now back with iOS 16 as part of a lock screen redesign. On iOS 16, users will be able to change the Lock Screen font and colors, add new widgets, entirely new dynamic wallpapers, and more.

It's worth noting that in the first developer beta of iOS 16, the full-screen music player does not seem to be present.

iOS 16 and iPadOS 16 are currently in beta testing with developers with a public beta planned for both in July. ‌iOS 16‌, iPadOS 16, macOS Ventura, and watchOS 9 will be available to users this fall.

Article Link: iOS 16 Brings Back Full-Screen Music Player to the Lock Screen

 

[ric275]

The full-screen music player on the lock screen was last available with iOS 7 and is now back with iOS 16 as part of a lock screen redesign.

Pretty sure the full size music player was last around in iOS 10 and went away with iOS 11

 

[joecomo]

That is probably to replace the discontinued iPod

 

[adammusic]

Bring lyrics there too please

 

[Eddy Munn]

Pretty sure the full size music player was last around in iOS 10 and went away with iOS 11

Correct. iOS 10 vs iOS 11.

 

[hagar]

I don’t care that much about artwork. Just give me an intuitive way to switch between my iPhone, AirPods and Airplay receivers.

 

[BvizioN]

Not sure what the big deal is with this one. I personally wouldn't want a full artwork image to take up the lock screen. just the player controls as minimal as possible and that's ti.

 

[Justin Cymbal]

I hope that Apple allows users to adjust the location for where the playback controls go on the screen - I would much rather have the play, pause and skip forward and backward controls where they currently are on iOS 15

Having them at the bottom of the screen is horrible UI - especially when holding your iPhone with one hand

 

[stevet]

i might be mistaken but it looked like it was only full screen if you tap on the music widget.

 

[sharksftw]

I hope that Apple allows users to adjust the location for where the playback controls go on the screen - I would much rather have the play, pause and skip forward and backward controls where they currently are on iOS 15

Having them at the bottom of the screen is horrible UI - especially when holding your iPhone with one hand

Huh? Especially with one hand it’s easier to use when it’s on the bottom.

 

[sharksftw]

I would rather have the player controls as small as possible without any artwork. The current one for example takes up way too much space. The new one looks better but still too big.

 

[Randel.D]

I could be wrong but did they say in the keynote that the player controls on the Lock Screen are a Live Activity? The MR article above this one says Live Activities won’t be available at launch. But they have to have music on the lock sceen at launch so I’m still trying to understand what makes it a Live Activity…? Maybe I just misunderstood that part.

 

[Mr. 123]

I love this change! I’ve been missing the big artwork on the Lock Screen since ios10…

 

[contacos]

already bothers me how close the album art finishes to the time. There needs to be about the spacing as at the bottom and the music controls. What happened to Apple and details.

Also, I don’t think this is the „default view“. You will have to tap on the album art to enlarge it based on what was said during the keynote

 

[TheDreaded26]

Can we like and dislike music from the Lock Screen again?

 

[gaximus]

I'd really like to remove the music player from the Lock Screen, especially when I'm not using my phone to play music, i.e. its playing from a HomePod in my house.

 

[GDF]

About time. Not sure why they ever took that away. Awesome!

 

[sw1tcher]

Can't innovate anymore, my ass

 

[211]

I'm glad the music controls are at the bottom now. Easier to access quickly now that phones are bigger than they used to be. I wish Apple would also allow customization on what controls can be on there: Like/Dislike, Shuffle, Repeat would be so handy as they are somewhat buried in the Music app already

 

[svish]

Back to the old design. Was not expecting this.

 

[Lloigorr]

Nice!!

 

[jav6454]

The old design was much better. No idea why Apple changed it to the "squished" version.

 

[sjsharksfan12]

I'm still debating what to do when my Apple Music subscription expires. I was bummed they didn't do any AM announcements yesterday, but evidently there were new features coming. I was really hoping, more than anything else, for user improvements, like being able to put curated playlists into folders, having a Windows Music app to finally replace Itunes (Even though my Itunes works really well), and put the heart back on the main music player so I don't have to like a song in more than 3 steps. I also wanted them to make their radio section much more user friendly, and be able to save Radio stations, pin favorite playlists/radio stations, and just enhance that section of Apple Music more. None of that happened and when it was ignored I thought maybe Apple didn't care about it's Music service anymore. Despite all that though, and because I have been using Itunes for years, Apple Music is still the most user friendly of services. I have always hated Spotify's main page and podcast integration.

 

[_Spinn_]

Looks nice!

 

[tgwaste]

The exact opposite of what I want.