By Lydia | Last Updated
When listening digital music, enjoying your favorite songs with lyrics can significantly enhance your listening experience. Whether you're using Apple Music or Spotify, get time-synced lyrics on your iPhone can make singing along or understanding your music much more enjoyable.
In this article, we'll walk you through the steps to show lyrics on iPhone, discuss how to display lyrics on your home screen.
Apple Music offers built-in lyrics feature that allows you to view lyrics for many of the songs in its vast catalog. Here's how you can enable and use this feature:
Step 1: Launch the Apple Music app on your iPhone.
Step 2: Start playing a song from your library or browse to a song you want to listen to.
Step 3: Once the song is playing, tap on the "Now Playing" bar at the bottom of the screen to bring up the full-screen player.
Step 4: Tap the lyrics button on Apple Music (which looks like a speech bubble or lines of text) in the lower-right corner of the screen. If lyrics are available for the song, they will appear on your screen. Then you can follow the live lyrics to sing in real time.
Note: Not all songs have lyrics available. Apple Music provides lyrics for a wide range of songs, but availability can vary based on the song and artist.
To view full lyrics on Apple Music, just follow the steps below. The full Lyrics won’t auto-scroll with the song.
Step 1: Open Apple Music app, view the song detailed page.
Step 2: Click on the three dots, then View Credits > View Lyrics.
Step 3: The full screen static lyrics is displayed there.
Spotify also provides lyrics for many of its tracks, but the process to view them differs slightly from Apple Music. Here's how you can see lyrics on Spotify iPhone:
Step 1: Open the Spotify app on your iPhone.
Step 2: Play a song from your playlist or search for a track to listen to.
Step 3: While the song is playing, swipe up on the "Now Playing" screen to reveal additional details.
Step 4: Look for the lyrics section. If lyrics are available, they will be displayed here.
To set Home Screen Lyrics on iPhone, you need to assure you device is iOS 16.3 version or higher. And then follow steps:
Step 1: Open the Apple Music, and start play your favorite song.
Step 2: Lock your phone, or simply switch to the home screen. You will notice that the lyrics still display on the screen and scroll along with the progress of the music.
For those who want lyrics to be visible while performing other tasks, you can consider other ways by using widgets:
Step 1: Install a Lyrics App. Some apps available on the App Store allow you to pin lyrics to your home screen using widgets. Search for "lyrics widget" in the App Store and choose an app that fits your needs.
Step 2: Add the Widget. Follow the app’s instructions to add the widget to your home screen. Usually, by pressing and holding on the home screen, tapping the "+" icon, and selecting the widget from the list.
Step 1: Choose an App. Download a music player app that supports lyrics display and widget integration, such as Musixmatch.
Step 2: Set Up Widgets. After setting up the app, you may be able to configure widgets that show the currently playing song's lyrics directly on your home screen.
If you encounter issues with Spotify lyrics not showing in ios, here are some steps you can take to resolve them:
Step 1: Run the Spotify, tap your profile icon, and select Settings and privacy.
Step 2: Find the Playback section and toggle off Offline mode.
Tips: Try to sign out and re-login in to check if the issue is resolved.
Step 1: Enter into iPhone settings.
Step 2: Tap Screen time > Content & Privacy Restrictions.
Step 3: Turn it off. And then go back to the Apple Music to check Lyrics again.
