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TL;DR
- An Android Authority teardown has revealed that Google is engaged on a straightforward method to manually allow Now Taking part in performance.
- Now Taking part in runs within the background and makes use of on-device machine studying to mechanically determine music.
- Nevertheless, the corporate is engaged on a Now Taking part in Fast Settings tile that will let customers manually determine a observe.
Google has supplied Now Taking part in performance on Pixel phones for years now, utilizing on-device machine studying to passively determine music taking part in round you. Nevertheless, it appears like Google may quickly allow you to manually activate the function.
An APK teardown helps predict options which will arrive on a service sooner or later based mostly on work-in-progress code. Nevertheless, it’s doable that such predicted options might not make it to a public launch.
Google presently gives Now Taking part in as a passive function on Pixel telephones, mechanically displaying the presently taking part in observe in your lock display screen and within the Now Taking part in historical past web page within the settings menu. There’s no correct method to manually determine a observe, although. One workaround is to make use of the song search functionality within the Google app, which could be accessed in a number of methods (e.g. a fast settings tile or after tapping the microphone icon within the app). In contrast to Now Taking part in, although, this resolution requires an web connection. Moreover, tracks recognized by the Google app aren’t added to your system’s Now Taking part in historical past, though they’re saved in your Google account.
Happily, an Android Authority teardown of the Android System Intelligence suite (V.27.playstore.pixel7.757670605) has revealed that Google is engaged on a Now Taking part in tile within the Fast Settings panel. We partially enabled this function, and you may view it within the screenshots beneath.
Because the screenshots present, tapping the Now Taking part in tile means that you can manually determine a observe whereas additionally producing a “looking for music…” notification. We weren’t capable of get this function working correctly, however we’re guessing the observe information will finally be displayed in a notification too.
In any occasion, this may be a long-overdue addition to Now Taking part in on Pixel telephones. We beforehand reported that many Pixel house owners had been having trouble getting Now Playing to work, so manually invoking the function could be a welcome various to computerized detection. Our fingers are crossed that this Now Taking part in Fast Settings tile is carried out sooner slightly than later.
