---
title: "Spotify"
description: "Control Spotify playback directly from your notch. See album art, track info, and playback controls without switching apps."
canonical: "https://getdroppy.app/docs/droplets/spotify"
last-updated: "2026-09-09"
---

# Spotify

Control playback from your notch

Control Spotify playback from the notch with transport controls and track context while you work. It reduces app switching when you just need quick media actions.

Use the [floating player](https://getdroppy.app/docs/floating-player) for music controls, artwork and supported lyrics or queue features in the menu bar or on your desktop.

## What it does

- Now playing info in notch
- Playback controls
- Album art display
- Secure OAuth connection

## How to use it

1. Connect your account once. Droppy opens Spotify in your browser so you can approve it, and nothing else is stored.
2. Playback, artwork and track context then appear in the notch, in the media widget and on the lock screen.
3. Pick which control sits on the left and the right of the widget, so the two buttons you actually use are the two you get.

## Where it shows up

- Media widget
- Live Activity
- Lock screen
- Droppy for iPhone

## Workflows

Skip without leaving the app

Two-finger swipe on the notch to reach the media controls, skip, and swipe back to the Home page. The window you were in never loses focus.

## Tips

- You can supply your own Spotify Client ID if you would rather the connection went through an app you own.
- The [Lyrics](https://getdroppy.app/docs/droplets/lyrics) Droplet adds timed lyrics beside the same widget.
- The same left and right button choice drives the lock screen media HUD.

## Getting it

- **Category**: Media
- **Setup**: Sign in to Spotify once.
- **Where to turn it on**: Settings, Store, or [open it in Droppy](droppy://extension/spotify) if the app is installed.