Now Playing could get this feature that it should have had from the start (APK teardown)

You could soon manually activate Now Playing via a Quick Settings tile.

Jun 2, 2025 - 15:00
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Now Playing could get this feature that it should have had from the start (APK teardown)
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Credit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority
  • An Android Authority teardown has revealed that Google is working on an easy way to manually enable Now Playing functionality.
  • Now Playing runs in the background and uses on-device machine learning to automatically identify music.
  • However, the company is working on a Now Playing Quick Settings tile that would let users manually identify a track.

Google has offered Now Playing functionality on Pixel phones for years now, using on-device machine learning to passively identify music playing around you. However, it looks like Google could soon let you manually activate the feature.