Media Player in quick panel

[KyonxHaruhi2]

I upgraded to the s25 ultra from the z flip 5 and I had no idea the music player was in the quick panel and not notifications. It's so incredibly tedious and obnoxious having to pause music now etc 

Another issue I have is that you can no longer organize apps by alphabetical order without it making you scroll up and down when that's not how I prefer it. I prefer left and right so I spent 3 hours organizing my apps in alphabetical order because of this overall I just hate one ui7 it's so inconvenient and not user friendly

Why did Samsung think that this was ok??? I almost wanna return the phone and keep my flip 5 🙃

[DesertDweller]

So go into details then of how to set any music player you want to default. Like I mentioned before, I have already been I'm communication with Samsung support on this issue. They tried remotely many times to find a way and in the end they told me the option wasn't available. Samsung music player may be able to point to Spotify yes but it will not play or show any of your customized or liked lists. You can only select from canned existing music lists.

[realaud]

I don't use Samsung music player and in my car I use my downloaded music. I don't use spotify.

In AA you can go to the settings and edit the launcher panel. Settings/connected devices/Android Auto/customize launcher. Then make sure Spotify is checked, and a Spotify icon will appear under the map display. You can then tap the Spotify icon to switch to Spotify. No manual fiddling with your phone.  My vehicle also has it's own launcher for BT music and I can select Spotify (if I wanted) to play from the phone. 

[DesertDweller]

I will take a look at that when I get a chance. In my vehicles I have the map and player set to run by default, so I don't select anything. This all worked perfect until updating to my Galaxy S25 Ultra. Every website i have seen instructs you to go to Apps in settings and select Defaults option to set the music player you want, but none of that applies with my phone. Thank you for your input

[Bryan_W]

I have the same problem and it's very frustrating. I used to be able to put the buds in and tap them to start playing music on SiriusXM. It worked perfectly on the S24. When I upgraded to the S25 it will only play from YouTube music. I hope Samsung fixes this so we can select the music we want to listen to again. This is ridiculous to take that option away from us.

[DesertDweller]

I'm not sure what governs what exactly is default and why some programs automatically default without user intervention. I think it all has to do with the NOW bar since the player is always starting from that interface. In my case, I installed an app called Power Amp, and although I use it, I want my Liked list from Spotify to play by default. I can't find anything to fix it

[useryMUjpTSJ73]

Please add the media player back to the top of the quick notifications so that I can use it with one swipe and not two! Please add it back to the top of the lock screen as well. Please add search back to the top. 

Users want customizability. PLEASE give us the option! 

[Tom6068]

The music widget will automatically show at the bottom of the lockscreen if the music app is active. But another can be added to it using the Lockstar plugin with the Good Lock app from Samsung. Downlosd the app from the Galaxy Store, open it and then install the LockStsr plugin and go from there.

As far as one swipe, that can be changed in the quick panel editor. Pull down the quick panel, click on the pen icon, then click on the Panel settings button and then choose separate. That will enable one swipe. The left top side swipe will pull down the notifications, the right side the quick panel. If you want the music player at the top, open the editor again (pen icon), the press, hold and drag the music player box, then move it to the top. Here is my lockscreen with the added music player (it's now redundant).

[useryMUjpTSJ73]

I will look into the goodlock app. Thank you.

The problem is that I prefer together, not separate. Is there a way to have the media player player work with one swipe while together is enabled?

[Robin621k]

As of now no, it will be added in a later update.

[Tom6068]

What @Robin621k said about the update, which should be very soon ( 🙏). So for now there's no way under the together setting to place the media player at the top. You could put the media player widget on the home screen to see it right away, but I totally get preferences. The QP look is similar to the previous One UI versions. Personally, I'd rather have that with the abitity to customize where I want the functions stacked.

I think the current total quick panel, the nests are just too big and they take up a substantial amount of room in the whole quick panel.