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Now Playing
What's playing, with the controls you choose, where you want them.
A built-in widget in EdgeOS, the desktop widget app for Windows 10 and 11. Put it on any monitor or on the CORSAIR XENEON EDGE, at any size, next to your other widgets. It's free, like EdgeOS itself.
What you can set
- Layout
- Auto (follows the tile's shape) · Artwork on the left · Artwork on the right · Artwork on top · Artwork behind everything · No artwork
- Auto puts the artwork beside the text, or above it on a tall tile.
- Artwork
- Square · Rounded · Circle · Spinning record
- Artwork width, at most
- Blurred artwork behind the tile
- Text alignment
- Auto · Left · Centre · Right
- Long titles
- Cut off · Two lines · Scroll
- Show the player's name
- Spotify, Chrome, Media Player… above the title.
- Show the album
- Shuffle
- Previous
- Back a few seconds
- Play / pause
- Forward a few seconds
- Next
- Repeat
- Seconds to skip
- 5 · 10 · 15 · 30
- Buttons go
- Under the text · Along the bottom of the tile · Beside the text · Over the artwork
- Put them in another order, or anywhere on the tile, under Layout: each button is its own part.
- Button row
- Start · Centre · End · Spread out
- Button style
- Soft · Round · Outline · Icons only
- Button size
- Play button in the accent colour
- Times
- None · 0:42 / 3:15 · 0:42 / −2:33
- Progress bar
- Bar · Thin line · With a knob · None
- Progress bar sits
- With the text · On the tile's bottom edge
- Tap the bar to jump
- Colours from the artwork
- The play button, progress bar and backdrop take the colour of what is playing.
- Accent colour
- The play button and the progress bar. Unset, they take the widget's accent.
- Icon on the play button
- Auto · Light · Dark · Custom
- Auto picks light or dark text from the colour, so it always reads.
- Icon on the play button: custom
- Progress bar background
- Hide if nothing playing
- When nothing is playing
- Tapping the artwork
- Does nothing · Plays / pauses
Parts you can restyle
Each part can be resized, given its own colour, font and background, or hidden, under Customize → Layout.
- Artwork
- Player
- Title
- Artist
- Album
- Progress bar
- Times
- Button row
- Shuffle button
- Previous button
- Back button
- Play / pause button
- Forward button
- Next button
- Repeat button
Common questions
- Is the EdgeOS Now Playing widget free?
- Yes. Now Playing is one of the widgets in EdgeOS Free, with no account and no time limit.
- Do I need a XENEON EDGE to use the Now Playing widget?
- No. EdgeOS runs on any monitor on Windows 10 or 11, and on the CORSAIR XENEON EDGE in Desktop Mode or, inside iCUE, in Widget Mode.
- What can I change on the Now Playing widget?
- 33 options, such as layout, artwork, artwork width, at most and blurred artwork behind the tile. They're grouped as design, buttons, progress, colours and behaviour. Every widget also takes your own font, text size and look.
- Can I move or hide parts of the Now Playing widget?
- Yes. Its parts (artwork, player, title, artist, album, progress bar, times, button row, shuffle button, previous button, back button, play / pause button, forward button, next button and repeat button) can each be resized, restyled or hidden under Customize → Layout.