Low-resolution album artwork in Android notification player and widgets (Samsung One UI)

Hello Deezer Team,

​I would like to report an ongoing issue regarding the album art quality displayed in the system media controller (notification shade, lock screen, and home screen widgets) on Android devices.

​Issue Description:

While album artwork inside the main Deezer app looks perfectly sharp, the image provided to the system media player (MediaSession API) is delivered in a very low resolution. When Samsung's One UI scales this thumbnail to fit the lock screen or widget layout, the art becomes heavily pixelated and blurry.

​Steps to reproduce:

​Play any track in the Deezer Android app.

​Open the Android notification panel, check the lock screen, or add the standard media widget to the home screen.

​Observe the low-resolution / pixelated album cover art compared to other streaming apps.

​Device & App Details:

​Device: Samsung Galaxy S24 fe

​OS Version: Android 16 (and 17 also) / One UI 8 (and 9 also)

​Deezer App Version: Latest available build

​Troubleshooting already performed:

I have already tried clearing the cache, disabling battery optimization, and performing a clean reinstallation of the app. Since the issue persists, it seems that the app is passing a low-res bitmap stream to the Android MediaSession metadata.

​Could you please review how album art metadata is passed to MediaMetadataCompat and consider providing higher-resolution bitmaps for system UI integration?

​Thank you for your support!

​Best regards,

Max