Nothing Playing

DynamicIsland/Localizable.xcstrings

@@ -17793,6 +17793,10 @@
         }
       }
     },
+    "Nothing Playing" : {
+      "comment" : "A label displayed when there is nothing playing in the music player.",
+      "isCommentAutoGenerated" : true
+    },
     "Notify before" : {
       "comment" : "A label describing the slider that allows the user to set a reminder lead time.",
       "isCommentAutoGenerated" : true,

DynamicIsland/components/LockScreen/LockScreenMusicPanel.swift

@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ struct LockScreenMusicPanel: View {
     }
     
     var body: some View {
-        if isActive {
+        if isActive && musicManager.hasActiveSession {
             panelContent
         } else {
             Color.clear

DynamicIsland/components/Notch/MinimalisticMusicPlayerView.swift

@@ -45,6 +45,31 @@ struct MinimalisticMusicPlayerView: View {
     private let skipMagnitude: CGFloat = 8
 
     var body: some View {
+        if !musicManager.hasActiveSession {
+            // Nothing playing state
+            VStack(spacing: 0) {
+                Spacer(minLength: 0)
+
+                VStack(spacing: 8) {
+                    Image(systemName: "music.note.slash")
+                        .font(.system(size: 24, weight: .light))
+                        .foregroundColor(.gray)
+                    Text("Nothing Playing")
+                        .font(.system(size: 12, weight: .medium))
+                        .foregroundColor(.gray)
+                }
+
+                Spacer(minLength: 0)
+
+                timerCountdownSection
+
+                reminderList
+            }
+            .padding(.horizontal, 12)
+            .frame(maxWidth: .infinity)
+            .frame(height: calculateDynamicHeight())
+            .animation(.smooth(duration: 0.3), value: dynamicHeightSignature)
+        } else {
             VStack(spacing: 0) {
                 // Header area with album art (matching DynamicIslandHeader height of 24pt)
                 GeometryReader { headerGeo in
@@ -112,6 +137,7 @@ struct MinimalisticMusicPlayerView: View {
             .frame(height: calculateDynamicHeight(), alignment: .top)
             .animation(.smooth(duration: 0.3), value: dynamicHeightSignature)
         }
+    }
 
     // MARK: - TypingLyricView
 

DynamicIsland/components/Notch/NotchHomeView.swift

@@ -521,9 +521,15 @@ struct NotchHomeView: View {
     @ObservedObject var batteryModel = BatteryStatusViewModel.shared
     @ObservedObject var coordinator = DynamicIslandViewCoordinator.shared
     @ObservedObject private var extensionNotchExperienceManager = ExtensionNotchExperienceManager.shared
+    @ObservedObject private var musicManager = MusicManager.shared
     @Default(.showStandardMediaControls) private var showStandardMediaControls
     let albumArtNamespace: Namespace.ID
 
+    /// Whether the music player should actively display (enabled AND has real content).
+    private var shouldShowMusicPlayer: Bool {
+        showStandardMediaControls && musicManager.hasActiveSession
+    }
+    
     var body: some View {
         Group {
             if !coordinator.firstLaunch {
@@ -546,14 +552,14 @@ struct NotchHomeView: View {
                 }
             } else {
                 // Normal mode: Show full music player with optional calendar and webcam
-                if showStandardMediaControls {
+                if shouldShowMusicPlayer {
                     MusicPlayerView(albumArtNamespace: albumArtNamespace)
                         .frame(maxWidth: .infinity, alignment: .leading)
                 }
                 
                 if Defaults[.showCalendar] {
                     Group {
-                        if showStandardMediaControls {
+                        if shouldShowMusicPlayer {
                             CalendarView()
                         } else {
                             StandaloneCalendarView()

DynamicIsland/managers/MusicManager.swift

@@ -78,6 +78,28 @@ class MusicManager: ObservableObject {
     @Published var isPlaying = false
     @Published var album: String = "Self Love"
     @Published var isPlayerIdle: Bool = true
+
+    /// Whether there is an active music session with real metadata.
+    /// Returns `false` only when the metadata is still placeholder/fallback defaults
+    /// (i.e. nothing has been played since app launch, or the controller returned
+    /// unknown/not-playing placeholders). Paused music with real metadata is still
+    /// considered an active session.
+    private static let placeholderTitles: Set<String> = [
+        "i'm handsome", "unknown", "not playing"
+    ]
+    private static let placeholderArtists: Set<String> = [
+        "me", "unknown"
+    ]
+
+    var hasActiveSession: Bool {
+        if isPlaying { return true }
+        let trimmedTitle = songTitle.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines).lowercased()
+        let trimmedArtist = artistName.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines).lowercased()
+        let hasRealTitle = !trimmedTitle.isEmpty && !Self.placeholderTitles.contains(trimmedTitle)
+        let hasRealArtist = !trimmedArtist.isEmpty && !Self.placeholderArtists.contains(trimmedArtist)
+        return hasRealTitle || hasRealArtist
+    }
+
     @Published var animations: DynamicIslandAnimations = .init()
     @Published var avgColor: NSColor = .white
     @Published var bundleIdentifier: String? = nil