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Media Playback template

Display details about the media being played at a glance with the Media Playback template.

With this template, you can choose which actions to allow users to perform from the playback screen.

You'll need to decide:

Which buttons to show in the header section.
Which playback buttons and images to show (provided through Media Session).

Image representing a now playing screen — **Figure 1.** Media playback template.

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Last updated 2025-05-22 UTC.

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