Sonos just updated its iOS app with new support for Live Activities, providing quick access to playback controls from your lock screen.
Sonos shared a Reddit post announcing the new feature, which appears after starting playback on a Sonos device and then closing the app.
Live Activity displays the current room or group you last played audio from and allows you to play/pause or skip tracks. Even if you start playback on Sonos from outside the Sonos app (direct control from supported services, Bluetooth, or AirPlay), you can still use the local playback controls that appear on the live activity.
As it stands, album art can’t be displayed on Live Activity, but the company said it’s exploring other ways to improve the lock screen experience. Sonos also mentioned that Live Activities works on Apple Watch and CarPlay, but “at this time, controls are not supported” in these cases.
Sonos called Live Activities support a “highly requested, expected and necessary feature.”
(Via 9to5Mac.)
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