Windows 10: Set Now Playing Artist Art in Groove Music as Lock Screen - Windows 10

How to: Set Now Playing Artist Art in Groove Music as Lock Screen - Windows 10


Information The included Groove Music app in Windows 10 allows you to listen to your favorite music on your Windows, iOS, and Android devices. You can create a playlist with music you've purchased or uploaded to OneDrive or pick your background music on Xbox One.

Starting with version 10.17112.1531.0, Groove Music app allows you to turn on or off having the Now Playing artist art display as your lock screen background.

This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off setting the Now Playing artist art in the Groove Music app as the lock screen background for your account in Windows 10.


Note If you wanted to restore your original lock screen background, you will need to manually change it.

If the artist art for your Now Playing isn't populated in My music > Artists in Groove Music, then it will not change your lock screen background since there isn't any artist art available.




EXAMPLE: Now Playing artist art from Groove Music displaying as lock screen








Here's How:

1. While you have the Groove Music app open, click/tap on the Settings (gear) icon at the bottom left. (see screenshot below)



2. In the Display artist art section, turn on or off (default) Set Now Playing artist as my lock screen for what you want. (see screenshot below)




That's it,
Shawn


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Display Artist Art in wallpaper and lockscreen

I noticed settings in Groove "Display artist art - Set the Now Playing artist art as my lock screen" and "Display artist art - Set the Now Playing artist art as my wallpaper".

I have enabled both, but nothing has changed on either lock screen or wallpaper. Checked under windows settings / personalization, no change there either.

Does anyone know if this is working anywhere; if so, what do I need to do to get this running.

Thanks in advance.

Rob

 

Desktop Background and Lock Screen Keep Changing

Hi Christina,

This is actually a setting in Groove music that you can turn off . . .

In Groove Music click 'Settings' (gear icon)

In the Display artist art section, turn off 'Set Now Playing artist as my wallpaper'

That should do it!

 

And when playing Groove(see the media player controls bottom left)

 

Bad cropping on the one above, When doing a lock screen screenshot, the system still wants to take a shot of both screens even though on lock screen one is in use, so it needs cropping.

 

Thank you Cliff. *Smile

 

No problem Shawn*Smile
But as I PM'd I doubt I can do it again*Sad, this new update and settings, have nuked all my artist info that was cached from Groove, at least on this rig.