‘I’m surprised to see something on Android before iOS’: I’ve just found out you can do this hack in Spotify lyrics, and my mind is blown — but Apple Music lyrics is still the supreme
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Publish Date: 2026-05-07 17:00:00
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One of the most handy features to come from the best music streaming services are lyrics, and although I’m a Spotify user, even I know that its lyrics interface needs some overdue TLC. But I’ve just learned about a hack I never knew existed.
I scour the r/truespotify forum on Reddit a fair bit, mainly to get a kick out of any new rumors on upcoming features I may find. But my latest deep dive took me by surprise, and apparently, you can zoom in and out on lyrics in Spotify. Has this just been launched? Or am I just extremely late to the party?
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A post shared by u/mascarariri (see below) includes a side-by-side video comparison of Spotify lyrics on iOS and Android, in which the user shows themselves zooming in and out on Spotify lyrics on Android, using Billie Eilish’s song ‘Wildflower’ as an example. Unfortunately for iOS users like myself, this isn’t available.
Side-by-Side: Spotify Lyrics UI on Android vs. iOS. from r/truespotify
According to the user who published the video, all it takes to zoom is a simple pinch motion on your phone’s screen, just as you would to navigate Google Maps, for example. Additionally, the user demonstrated by zooming out to 75% — though it likely goes further — and zooming in quite far to 150%, so the range appears extensive.
Being an iOS user, I’m not surprised that I didn’t know about this trick sooner, but it turns out that not even Spotify users on Android knew about this. “I’m surprised to see something on Android before iOS. It’s usually the other way around, and it takes ages to port those features; even Google apps are better on iOS”, one user said.
But the reason why this is the case for Android and not iOS is still very much a mystery — users are still debating whether it’s system or developer-related. But while it’s a handy tool for enhancing the lyric-viewing experience for…
