Find out what music is playing near you

To learn more about the music you hear around you, you can have your Pixel phone automatically identify a song.

• With the Now Playing feature, you can get info about songs that play nearby. You can also get a list of songs you’ve played and share, search, or listen to them.
• You can find notifications whether your phone is locked or not.

1. Open your phone's Settings app.
2. Tap Sound & vibration Now Playing Now Playing history.
   • You get a list of songs that Now Playing has recently identified.
3. To share a song or listen to it in a music app, tap the song.
   • On Pixel 3 and later, including Fold, you can also choose multiple songs to:
     • Listen to on a music service
     • Share
     • Delete from your list

1. Open your phone's Settings app.
2. Tap Sound & vibration Now Playing.
3. Turn on Identify songs playing nearby.
   • Make sure that your phone is charged and connected to Wi-Fi.
4. Wait a few minutes while your phone downloads the song database.
5. After the download, your phone automatically identifies songs playing around you and shows them on your lock screen.
6. To learn more about a song:
   • On your lock screen, tap the name and artist of the song shown.
   • If you're using your phone, expand notifications at the top, then tap the song notification.

You can add a song that’s playing nearby to your Now Playing favorites list from your lock screen. If you tap the music note next to the song title, a heart is added to the music note.

To review your favorite songs:

1. Open your phone's Settings app.
2. Tap Sound & vibration Now Playing.
3. Tap Now Playing history Favorites.

Tip: To remove a song from the favorites list, tap the heart .

1. Open your phone's Settings app.
2. Tap Sound & vibration Now playing.
3. Turn on Show search button on lock screen.
4. If your phone can’t identify a song, you can search for it. To search for a song, on your lock screen, tap music search .

To set your favorite music service as the default to automatically play songs:

1. Open your phone’s Settings app.
2. Tap on Sound & vibration Now Playing Default music player.
3. Choose your default music player.

If you don't want to get song notifications at the top of your screen, you can turn them off.

1. Open your phone's Settings app.
2. Tap Sound & vibration Now Playing Notifications.
3. Turn off Recognized Music Notifications. Song info still displays on your lock screen.