Google Pixel Now Playing: Expanding Support for More Music Apps

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📝 Key Points of This Article

• The list of music apps that can be set as the “Default Music Player” for the “Now Playing” feature on Google Pixel devices has been significantly expanded.
• Apps such as “Apple Music” and “Deezer” are now available for selection.
• Support for “Amazon Music,” “SoundCloud,” “Tidal,” “Pandora,” “iHeartRadio,” “Gaana,” “JioSaavn,” “Audiomack,” and “SiriusXM” is also expected to be added soon.

“Now Playing” is a feature implemented on Google Pixel devices that identifies music playing in your surroundings and displays the song title on the lock screen.

In addition to identifying and displaying songs on the lock screen, “Now Playing” allows you to check your history of detected songs and offers a “Default Music Player” setting to choose which music app plays songs from that history. Previously, the music apps available for selection in the “Default Music Player” setting were limited to “YouTube,” “YouTube Music,” and “Spotify.”

However, the variety of music apps that can be set as the “Default Music Player” has recently been significantly expanded, and apps like “Apple Music” and “Deezer” can now be selected.

Furthermore, an analysis of the in-app code from the Android system app “Private Compute Services” (version v1.0.release.836669443), released on Thursday, February 12, 2026, has revealed that “Amazon Music,” “SoundCloud,” “Tidal,” “Pandora,” “iHeartRadio,” “Gaana,” “JioSaavn,” “Audiomack,” and “SiriusXM” will also be added as supported apps for the “Now Playing” “Default Music Player.” While these apps cannot be set as the “Default Music Player” just yet, they are expected to become available soon.

<queries>
        <package android:name="com.google.android.apps.pixel.nowplaying"/>
        <package android:name="com.spotify.music"/>
        <package android:name="com.google.android.apps.youtube.music"/>
        <package android:name="com.google.android.youtube"/>
        <package android:name="deezer.android.app"/>
        <package android:name="com.apple.music"/>
        <package android:name="com.pandora.android"/>
        <package android:name="com.clearchannel.iheartradio.controller"/>
        <package android:name="com.amazon.mp3"/>
        <package android:name="com.soundcloud.android"/>
        <package android:name="com.spotify.lite"/>
        <package android:name="com.sirius"/>
        <package android:name="com.aspiro.tidal"/>
        <package android:name="com.bsbportal.music"/>
        <package android:name="com.gaana"/>
        <package android:name="com.audiomack"/>
    </queries>

    <service
        android:name="com.google.android.apps.miphone.astrea.nowplaying.NowPlayingRelayService"
        android:exported="true"/>

“Private Compute Services” App Link