Apple will let third party music apps show animated artwork on the iPhone lock screen, not just Apple Music<div class="feat-image">
</div><p>One of the stylish visual changes to the iPhone on iOS 26 is a new layout for the lock screen when music is playing. Artwork can now be animated and shown full-screen on the iPhone display, with playback controls resting on a platter of a liquid glass.</p>
<p>You can try this out right now with
Apple Music. Play a song that has animated album art, and lock the phone. But users of third-party music streaming apps like Spotify will also be pleased to know that Apple is opening up this capability as an API, so third-party developers can also adopt it.</p>
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Apple will let third party music apps show animated artwork on the iPhone lock screen, not just Apple Music
