Tap on No restrictions to stop your smartphone from preventing Spotify to function correctly in the background when the phone is locked. Tap on Choose apps to configure individual app settings.Įither search for Spotify or open it by scrolling. Again, your smartphone may have slightly different settings (it may be called Battery Optimization instead) depending on your make and model. To check, open Settings and tap on Battery & performance. They can often act like an overprotective parent leading to apps not working correctly. Power Saving mode keeps your apps in check and prevents them from consuming too many resources like CPU, GPS, and battery juice unnecessarily when they are not actively being used or when the phone is locked. Power Saving mode is a handy feature until it gets in the way of how an app functions. Lock your screen and check if you can see the Spotify playback widget there. Similarly, the Show notifications should be toggled on for Spotify Music too. Other settings in this screen are optional. Tap to open it and make sure that Show notifications option is toggled on. First is Playback which will allow you to control your music on the lock screen. There are two more settings left in the above screenshot. Make sure that Show notifications and App icon badge is toggled on. Unlike before, these notification settings pertain to the specific app.

Scroll to the bottom of the screen to find Spotify - the list is always in alphabetical order. Otherwise, you won’t see notifications or shortcuts for any app on the lock screen. Check that the Show notification icons and Show on Lock screen options are toggled on. Open Settings and then tap on Notifications & status bar. Let’s take a look at Spotify notification settings. Notification SettingsĮvery app that you install on your Android smartphone comes with its own set of notification settings that dictates what happens when the phone is locked. Check if you can see the Spotify music widget on the lock screen now and if the controls are working. Use the same method you tried the first time so that you don’t end up creating a new account instead. Then you can sign in using your email ID or Facebook account. To sign out, tap on the Settings icon on the upper right and scroll to the bottom of the screen to find the Log out option. After that, they were able to see the Spotify widget on their smartphone’s lock screen. Some of our readers suggest that logging out and then logging back in helped them resolve this issue. Let’s take a look at some potential solutions.

Spotify music bar