Spotify‘s desktop version now includes the much-needed Miniplayer, allowing you to quickly access playback while freeing up your attention for other tasks. You can adjust the music through the resizable floating window by switching between tracks, selecting playlists, and adjusting the volume. According to the firm, Premium users are already starting to receive the feature.
You can open the Spotify Desktop Miniplayer (official name) by clicking on a square located just to the right of the usual playback controls on the far lower right side of your program once it becomes available. Following that click, the entire application is accompanied by a floating window.
The resizable Miniplayer can function in a square aspect ratio, ideal for videos; as a thinner bar, it’s minimally intrusive and offers play / pause and skip track controls next to the current track’s info and album art.
The feature potentially voids the need for third-party apps (like Alfred Spotify Mini Player, Lofi Spotify Mini Player and SpotMenu) to fill what some users saw as a big oversight from the streaming service. (A Spotify community post requesting it in 2019 had over 3,000 upvotes.) Apple Music has had an equivalent MiniPlayer for macOS and Windows for ages. As it sometimes does, Spotify took its sweet time.
Spotify described the Miniplayer as rolling out to Premium subscribers first, which suggests it could eventually reach users on the free plan. If you’re a Premium subscriber, look for the little square toggle appearing to the lower right of the desktop app before long.
