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The player name, title, artist, album, cover art, a progress bar, elapsed and total time and a playback state chip.
GLINTOS MINI-APP · MEDIA
Your music, at a glance.
Play, pause and skip from the temple.
The Spotify mini-app for GlintOS shows what is playing on your Android phone on Maverick AI and AI Pro glasses, and lets you pause, skip and seek from the temple touchpad.
What it is.
This mini-app is a now playing remote control. Start a song, podcast or audiobook on your phone, and the glasses show the title, artist, album, cover art and progress. Tap the temple touchpad to play or pause, swipe to change track, and Long tap for a menu with seeking, player choice and track details.
It is built around Spotify, but it is not a Spotify client. There is no Spotify API, developer key or sign-in. GlintOS reads what a player publishes to Android, through the Notification access you grant it, so any Android player with a media session can be shown and controlled.
What you get.
Exact position, 15-second steps
Jump to a position in 5-second steps, or move 15 seconds back or forward. Handy for podcasts, when the player allows seeking.
Any media player
Spotify is the main target, but any Android player with a media session appears under its app name. Automatic follows whichever one is playing.
Only what really happened
The playback state changes only when the player reports it. A control the player does not allow is not sent; a banner says so.
Cover art from the player
Art comes from the picture the player supplies, made small for the glasses. It is never downloaded from a link.
On your glasses.
Now playing
Cover art, the track text, a progress bar with times, a state chip, and Previous, Play/Pause and Next.
Playback menu
Jump to position, Back 15 seconds, Forward 15 seconds, Choose player, Track details, Open on phone and Home.
Choose player
Automatic, then every active player with its state. A player you pick stays selected until it goes away.
Setup and empty states
Allow access when notification access is missing, and Ready when you are, with Refresh, when nothing is playing on your phone.
How you control it.
| Swipe forward | Next track on Now playing. Elsewhere, moves focus forward. |
|---|---|
| Swipe back | Previous track on Now playing. Elsewhere, moves focus back. |
| Tap | Play or pause on Now playing. Elsewhere, chooses the focused row or button. |
| Long tap | Opens the Playback menu, where Home leaves the app. From the menu, goes back to Now playing. |
Gestures come from the temple touchpad on Maverick AI and AI Pro glasses. An optional R08+ smart ring can send the same gestures from your finger.
Home and phone.
Now playing in Small, Medium or Large: title, artist and progress, plus cover art in Medium and Large and times in Large. Add it from the app’s page in the phone companion app.
Under Apps > Spotify: cover art, the full track text, a seek slider, Previous, Play/Pause and Next, and 15-second jumps.
A Player list to follow the active player automatically or pick one, and a button to open the player on your phone.
Setup help for notification access, which opens Android’s setting only when you tap it.
What you need.
- Glasses
- Maverick AI or AI Pro
Connected over Bluetooth. No eye tracking, camera or microphone is used, so either model works.
- Phone
- Android 11 or later
GlintOS reads Android’s media sessions, so this app is Android only.
- Phone app
- Spotify or another player
Start playback in the player first. GlintOS never starts audio by itself.
- Account
- Not needed
No GlintOS sign-in. Your Spotify account stays in Spotify, whose rules on ads, skips and seeking still apply.
- API key
- Not needed
No Spotify Web API, SDK, developer account or OAuth is used, and nothing is entered in GlintOS.
- Internet
- Not needed
The app contacts no internet domains. A streaming player may need its own connection to play.
- Special access
- Notification access for GlintOS
Android allows media control only through Notification access. On Android 13 and later, if the switch for GlintOS is greyed out, first choose Allow restricted settings in GlintOS’s App info menu.
- Permissions
- Media controls, on by default
A per-app switch under Apps > Spotify > Access in the GlintOS phone companion app, or Settings > Privacy on the glasses.
- Cost
- No GlintOS fee
GlintOS is planned as a free APK. Your player’s own subscription and terms are unchanged.
These rows are about Spotify. GlintOS itself also needs internet on the phone the first time it connects to your glasses and about once a month after that, when the glasses’ security certificate is renewed.
Set it up.
- Install GlintOS on an Android 11 or later phone and connect your glasses.
- Start a song, podcast or audiobook in Spotify or another player on the phone.
- Open Apps > Spotify in the GlintOS phone companion app, tap Allow notification access, then turn on GlintOS in Android’s list.
- If the switch is greyed out on Android 13 or later, open App info for GlintOS, then its menu, and choose Allow restricted settings.
- Wait about 5 seconds for the current track to appear.
Your data.
- Only what the player publishes to Android is read: track text, position, state, allowed controls and the cover picture. No Spotify account data is touched.
- Track text and covers go only to your glasses and the phone companion app, and are never logged or written to disk.
- Notification access also lets GlintOS show phone notifications on the glasses, on by default; turn that off in the Notifications app.
Good to know.
- GlintOS is an independent project in development; the free public APK is planned for December 2026. Testing with a real Spotify account, phone and glasses is still pending.
- A remote control only: no playlists, search, likes, starting playback from nothing or audio on the glasses.
- The player decides which controls work, and skip or seek limits are not bypassed. Cover art appears only when the player supplies a picture.
- Android only. The app runs in the background from boot, and a player you pick resets to Automatic when GlintOS restarts.
Questions.
Can I control Spotify from Maverick AI glasses?
Yes, with GlintOS on an Android phone. The glasses show the current track. Tap the temple touchpad to play or pause, and swipe to skip.
Do I need a Spotify API key or developer account?
No. The app uses no Spotify API or sign-in. It reads what Spotify publishes to Android, through the Notification access you grant GlintOS.
Does music play through the glasses?
No. The sound stays on your phone or headphones. The glasses show the track and send your commands to the player.
Is this an official Spotify or Everysight app?
No. GlintOS is an independent project, not affiliated with or endorsed by Spotify or Everysight. Spotify’s own terms and plans still apply.
More mini-apps.
Notifications
Phone, app and system notifications
Cinema
Clips, phone camera and streams
Mirror
Your phone screen on the glasses
GlintOS is an independent community project built with Everysight’s SDK. Everysight, Maverick AI, Spotify, the Spotify logo, Android and Bluetooth are trademarks of their respective owners. GlintOS is not affiliated with or endorsed by any of them. Details on this page describe the current development build and may change. Read the full disclaimer.