I think there are many people who listen to music on their iPhone every day while commuting, but after updating to iOS 16, few people were surprised that the thumbnail display of the music playback artwork displayed on the lock screen was too large. I don’t think so. With this, people around you will find out what kind of music you are listening to. Therefore, this time, I will introduce how to reduce the thumbnail display during music playback.
The artwork display during music playback can be made smaller!
With the latest iOS 16 on iPhone, the customizability of the lock screen has been improved. The update quietly changed the display of lock screen artwork when music is playing in the background.
It’s been half a year since I updated my iPhone to iOS 16, but I’m still surprised by the size of the thumbnail every time I look at the lock screen.
Some of the album artwork is pretty extreme, and above all, it can be embarrassing to let people know what kind of music you’re listening to.
How on earth can I make the thumbnail view of this artwork smaller?
The lock screen while playing music on an iPhone updated to iOS 16. When I look at the lock screen to check the time on my iPhone, I’m always surprised when a large thumbnail screen suddenly appears (photographed by the author).
How to change to small artwork display
Actually, the large thumbnail displayed on the lock screen while playing music on the iPhone cannot be made smaller from “Settings”.
If you want to make it smaller, please tap the displayed thumbnail part. This is all you need to do to store the thumbnail in the miniplayer.
Moreover, once you tap to make it a mini player, this state will be remembered, so the mini player will be displayed after that. Please try it once.
Steps to reduce the thumbnail (artwork) display on the lock screen
Let’s tap the large thumbnail displayed on the lock screen (left photo). Then the thumbnail should be stored in the miniplayer and become smaller (right photo)
How to return to large artwork display
I introduced how to display the thumbnails in a small size, but with the large thumbnails, you can immediately tell which album the song is from. not.
In such a case, try tapping the thumbnail stored in the mini player. The thumbnail will immediately return to its original large view.
How to return the thumbnail (artwork) display on the lock screen to a large display
Tap the thumbnail in the mini player on the lock screen (pictured left). Then the thumbnail returned to its original size (right photo)
summary
What do you think? For me, an iPhone user from iPhone 5, it feels strange to have a large music thumbnail on the lock screen.
If you don’t like the large thumbnails displayed on the lock screen, touch the thumbnail now to change to the mini player.