Deezer Immersive – A Working Android Home Screen Widget Concept

Hello Deezer Community and Deezer Team!

My name is Andrés Castro, and I'm an independent developer from Chile and a Deezer user.

I'd like to share a personal project called Deezer Immersive, a fully functional Android home screen widget prototype designed to offer a more immersive and visually engaging music experience.

The project was developed independently, without commercial intentions, and has been tested on a Xiaomi 14T running Android 16.

What makes Deezer Immersive different?

• Immersive album artwork: The current album cover becomes the widget's background.

• Dynamic colors: The visual elements adapt their colors to the album artwork.

• Animated waveforms: Colorful decorative animations respond to playback and pause states.

• Playback information: Track title, artist, elapsed time, and total duration.

• Playback controls: Play, pause, previous track, and next track directly from the home screen.

• Native Android integration: The widget interacts with Deezer's active playback session through Android's MediaSession framework.

This is already a working prototype

I've developed and tested the widget on a real Android device, and I've prepared a short demonstration video showing its appearance and functionality.

This is not just a visual mockup or a feature request. It is an independently developed prototype that demonstrates how an alternative Deezer widget experience could look and work.

Why am I sharing this?

I'm genuinely passionate about music and enjoy exploring different music streaming platforms. After trying several services, Deezer has become my favorite and, in my personal experience, the best music streaming app I've used so far.

I particularly appreciate its listening experience, sound quality, intuitive interface, and music discovery features such as Flow.

Because I enjoy Deezer so much, I was inspired to create something that could make the experience even better.

Deezer Immersive started as a personal project driven by enthusiasm, curiosity, and a desire to contribute something useful to a platform I truly enjoy.

This is a completely independent, non-commercial initiative. I'm not seeking financial compensation; I would simply love to share my work, hear what the community thinks, and explore whether the Deezer team might find the concept interesting.

This is an unofficial project, not affiliated with or endorsed by Deezer. It does not use Deezer's official API.

I'm sharing it to gather feedback from the community and to see whether Deezer's product or development team might be interested in evaluating the concept.

I'd be happy to provide additional technical details if there is interest.

Thank you for taking the time to check out my project!

Andrés Castro
Independent Developer | Chile