PixelLauncherMods VS AmbientMusicMod

Defo give it a shot, look if its the right for you: https://github.com/KieronQuinn/PixelLauncherMods

Yeah you need a custom launcher. However, if you aren't afraid of tinkering, there's this which requires rooting

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• Pixel Launcher Mods

If you want to stay on the stock pixel launcher that comes with the pixel experience rom without installing any 3rd party ones. You can replace 'at a glance' with any other widget by using Pixel launcher mods. (Root required) And you can tweak other stuff too.

Pixel launcher felt a bit more smoother for whatever reason, and with Pixel Launcher MOD https://github.com/KieronQuinn/PixelLauncherMods

You can do exactly this with PixelLauncherMods. You can replace it with any other widget that's 1 row tall.

Ambient Music Mod - its Foss and shows the song playing nearby directly on your lockscreen just like pixel devices.... But doesn't have that much of a big database as shazam

Yes, 100% sure. Someone reverse engineer it for other phones https://github.com/KieronQuinn/AmbientMusicMod

Ambient Music Mod (version 221): Port of Now Playing from Pixels to other Android devices

You can try out the Ambient Music Mod, an app that brings the Pixel feature to any phone you can install the app in. I think it's open source, but not sure if you'd need to root the phone. https://github.com/KieronQuinn/AmbientMusicMod/releases

Ambient Music Mod is a good one

Ambient Music Mod (version 210): Port of Now Playing from Pixels to other Android devices

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