# \[implemented\] Android Widget for Plexamp **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Suggestions\ **Tags:** plexamp\ **Created:** [April 19, 2020, 2:48pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/implemented-android-widget-for-plexamp/577247 "2020-04-19T14:48:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![poet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@poet](https://forums.plex.tv/u/poet)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2020, 2:48pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/implemented-android-widget-for-plexamp/577247/1 "2020-04-19T14:48:22Z")
- **If you would like the Plexamp app to have an Android widget providing playback controls don’t forget to press the VOTE button above** An Android widget, with playback controls and a thumbnail image of the currently playing item, would be handy. I am aware that playback controls already appear in the notifications area but a widget would be better, to place alongside my existing homepage widgets for Spotify, Smart Audiobook, and Pocket Casts (podcast player). People would also use Plexamp more frequently if they had that visual reminder of the last track they were listening to. ---
**Author:** ![WilhelmStroker](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/wilhelmstroker/32/85549_2.png) [@WilhelmStroker](https://forums.plex.tv/u/WilhelmStroker)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2020, 4:33pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/implemented-android-widget-for-plexamp/577247/2 "2020-04-19T16:33:23Z")
upvoted as I like the idea, and it’s possibly the only thing keeping me back from using plexamp full time. ---
**Author:** ![Forkboy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/forkboy/32/96773_2.png) [@Forkboy](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Forkboy)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2020, 5:18pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/implemented-android-widget-for-plexamp/577247/3 "2020-04-19T17:18:57Z")
[Edit] Posted this because it wouldn’t let me vote (one feature got implemented but never gave me back my vote) but was able to but I will leave the link 😉 [/Edit] Maybe we could get your idea and [mine](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-plex-music-widget-for-android-mobile/467175) merge so we have more votes? 😁 ---
**Author:** ![poet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@poet](https://forums.plex.tv/u/poet)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2020, 6:34pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/implemented-android-widget-for-plexamp/577247/4 "2020-04-19T18:34:27Z")
Hi Forkboy. I thought your feature request for the main Plex Android app was good and gave it a vote. I don’t think we should merge our requests because, although my request is also about the need for an Android widget, I am asking for it to be added to Plexamp. Both apps should have it, absolutely, but they are built by different teams within Plex. As each of our requests targets a specific app and, therefore, a specific team, we actually have more chance if each team sees a request specifically addressed to them, not Plex in general. Hopefully, we’ll get lucky and one or perhaps even both of these apps will get this much-needed feature. ---
**Author:** ![cm\_Palmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e4f/32.png) [@cm\_Palmer](https://forums.plex.tv/u/cm_Palmer)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2020, 8:18pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/implemented-android-widget-for-plexamp/577247/5 "2020-06-27T20:18:36Z")
I’m going to go ahead and bump this as it’s the biggest missing feature for plexamp imo. I’m trying to shift to full time use of plexamp, but I keep hitting play on my old Google Play widget. This would really round out an already great experience. ---
**Author:** ![Dave\_s-Flix](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/dave_s-flix/32/193235_2.png) [@Dave\_s-Flix](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Dave_s-Flix)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2020, 3:59pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/implemented-android-widget-for-plexamp/577247/6 "2020-07-18T15:59:29Z")
Bump. Keep this idea alive, generate attention, make this happen please! ---
**Author:** ![PlaidRadish](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/plaidradish/32/87472_2.png) [@PlaidRadish](https://forums.plex.tv/u/PlaidRadish)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2020, 2:31am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/implemented-android-widget-for-plexamp/577247/7 "2020-08-10T02:31:48Z")
I’m bumping, as well. Widget is primary reason I can be a faithful user of the Plex or Plexamp apps on Android. I like them both, but neither offers a widget, so I’m going to keep bumping this, AND I’m going to continue bumping the request for the Plex app, as well, until someone over at Plex decides this is a desirable feature! ---
**Author:** ![RobertS](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/roberts/32/205809_2.png) [@RobertS](https://forums.plex.tv/u/RobertS)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2020, 4:49pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/implemented-android-widget-for-plexamp/577247/8 "2020-09-08T16:49:23Z")
I just purchased a Plex Pass lifetime membership and I’m setting up a Plex media server to replace Google Play Music (just not a fan of YouTube Music at all). I do like the Plexamp app a lot but this android widget would be a really helpful new feature! ---
**Author:** ![gouveia00](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/gouveia00/32/206095_2.png) [@gouveia00](https://forums.plex.tv/u/gouveia00)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2020, 2:19am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/implemented-android-widget-for-plexamp/577247/9 "2020-09-11T02:19:08Z")
+1 for widget. PlexAmp’s good for me, but there’s a few things that make it just shy of being great. This is one of them. ---
**Author:** ![DiamondDaveL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7993a0/32.png) [@DiamondDaveL](https://forums.plex.tv/u/DiamondDaveL)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 4:06am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/implemented-android-widget-for-plexamp/577247/10 "2020-09-17T04:06:11Z")
+1. Would love to have a plexamp widget on my home screen. ---
**Author:** ![Plexihexi1231](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5fc32e/32.png) [@Plexihexi1231](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Plexihexi1231)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 8:29am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/implemented-android-widget-for-plexamp/577247/11 "2020-09-17T08:29:43Z")
I am not seeing this coming in the next years, but I still VOTEd for it. so sad PLEX does not listen to us. ---
**Author:** ![di0\_0ib](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/di0_0ib/32/143098_2.png) [@di0\_0ib](https://forums.plex.tv/u/di0_0ib)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 4:19am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/implemented-android-widget-for-plexamp/577247/12 "2020-10-02T04:19:55Z")
I would like to bump this as well. I know it’s not as important as a lot of other suggestions. But it’s the only music app I use without a widget. It would be nice to have. I also don’t know how difficult it is to create a widget for Plexamp as I am not a programmer. ---
**Author:** ![mirdragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@mirdragon](https://forums.plex.tv/u/mirdragon)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2020, 11:26pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/implemented-android-widget-for-plexamp/577247/13 "2020-10-17T23:26:05Z")
definitely needs a widget so can control from mobile screen without having to go fully into the app, many other music apps have this, so only right this has it ---
**Author:** ![leinaht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/eb8c5e/32.png) [@leinaht](https://forums.plex.tv/u/leinaht)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2020, 9:06pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/implemented-android-widget-for-plexamp/577247/14 "2020-11-27T21:06:11Z")
Echoing above, this is the number one thing I miss from Google Play Music and one of the few things I expect to be in Plexamp but isn’t. ---
**Author:** ![paulsaz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e99b99/32.png) [@paulsaz](https://forums.plex.tv/u/paulsaz)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2020, 3:15am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/implemented-android-widget-for-plexamp/577247/15 "2020-12-11T03:15:03Z")
I also am coming from google play music, bought the plex lifetime and was surprised that there is not a widget for android. ---
**Author:** ![JoeRodge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/35a633/32.png) [@JoeRodge](https://forums.plex.tv/u/JoeRodge)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2020, 8:38pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/implemented-android-widget-for-plexamp/577247/16 "2020-12-24T20:38:24Z")
We need this feature I ended up here because I thought of this and ended up here. ---
**Author:** ![Laergulel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bc79bd/32.png) [@Laergulel](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Laergulel)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2021, 8:57pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/implemented-android-widget-for-plexamp/577247/17 "2021-01-15T20:57:04Z")
I’m also trying to evaluate music services as an ex Google Play Music subscriber who’s not a fan of YT Music. Have been wanting to get all my media set up on Plex for years and could totally see this being the final push I need to do so, but am SO sad the Plex apps don’t have music widgets. The music widget from Google Play Music was always one of the things I listed as one of my favorite things about having an Android phone, never dreamed there would be a music service without that. I really hope Plex implements it as I love the idea of using them for all my media! ---
**Author:** ![doesgo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85e7bf/32.png) [@doesgo](https://forums.plex.tv/u/doesgo)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2021, 1:28am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/implemented-android-widget-for-plexamp/577247/18 "2021-01-17T01:28:11Z")
A widget is sorely needed! I’m switching over to PlexAmp for the same reasons many others are, but the lack of a widget is surprising and disappointing. ---
**Author:** ![mmccrore](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/mmccrore/32/3583_2.png) [@mmccrore](https://forums.plex.tv/u/mmccrore)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2021, 11:24pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/implemented-android-widget-for-plexamp/577247/19 "2021-02-04T23:24:06Z")
Plex pass user for YEEEAAARS over here. I rarely post, but recently reintroduced my MASSIVE library of lossless which I spent SOOO much time slow-adding so the library is PERFECT! Just re-installed Plexamp on my phone a couple weeks ago. PLEASE, for the love of God, make a freaking awesome hugemongous widget. Like, the size of the old Google Play Music widget, but gorgeous in the way Plex does its UX and interfacing. I know you all can do it. I’d even pay for an odd-on. \*sigh, THAT is my feature request. ---
**Author:** ![pedrabr](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/pedrabr/32/228923_2.png) [@pedrabr](https://forums.plex.tv/u/pedrabr)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 1:10pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/implemented-android-widget-for-plexamp/577247/20 "2021-02-18T13:10:18Z")
Please, we NEED a widget!!! 🥺 [Next page](https://forums.plex.tv/t/implemented-android-widget-for-plexamp/577247.md?page=2)