Playing on
TIDAL
Favorites, share link, exact track
macOS 14+ · TIDAL · Spotify · Apple MusicYour music,
Your music,
always in view.
NowWave is a floating mini player for your Mac. See what is playing, heart it, share it, tell Slack and Discord about it, and pick the look that fits your desk.
- Free during beta
- No account needed to start
- Runs entirely on your Mac
Finder File Edit View1:18 / 3:34
Now playing on TIDAL
Theme: Glass
TIDALSpotifyApple MusicSlackDiscordMessagesAirDropMailDynamic IslandThe DockTIDALSpotifyApple MusicSlackDiscordMessagesAirDropMailDynamic IslandThe Dock
One widget, every player
Whatever is playing, NowWave shows it.
macOS tells NowWave what is playing, from any app. The playing app's icon sits on the cover, and service features like the heart appear only while that service plays.
Playing on
Spotify
Liked Songs, share link, exact track
Playing on
Apple Music
Cover, controls and progress
Features
Everything a mini player should do.
And a few things you did not know you wanted.
Midnight Tide
Neon Harbor
Click the heart
One-click favorites
Sign in once. The heart tells you whether the track is already in your collection and toggles it instantly, on TIDAL and Spotify.
A Dock that plays along
Optionally the Dock icon becomes the cover and fills up with the track's progress.
Hides when quiet
Nothing playing? The widget fades away and comes back with the next track.
{{title}}{{artist}}{{album}}{{url}}{{app}}
tidal.com/browse/track/…
MessagesMailAirDropNotesXCopy Link
Share anything
Messages, Mail, AirDrop, Notes and your social apps, straight from the widget. Your own message template with live variables.
Stays where you put it
Drag it anywhere, or pin it to a corner of the screen you choose. Above every window, or quietly on the desktop.
Speaks your language
English and Italian today, switchable on the fly. More on the way.
Themes
Eight looks. One widget.
A theme is a whole different player, not just a colour. Each one has its own settings.
01 / 8
Glass
The original. Frosted, quiet, at home on any wallpaper.
Settings
Blursize
Dynamic Island
A pill around the notch.
Or in the middle of the menu bar, on any Mac. Compact, it shows the cover and a tiny equalizer. Move the mouse over it and it expands into a full player.
NowWave File Edit View Window Help1:18
Scroll to expand
Works on any Mac, notch or not.
Integrations
Your other apps know what you're listening to.
Every login happens in your browser with the official APIs. NowWave never sees a password.
TIDAL
Midnight Tide
Neon Harbor · Low Light
tidal.com/browse/track/48213347
Exact track detection, favorites in My Collection, public track links to share.
Spotify
Midnight Tide
Neon Harbor · Low Light
open.spotify.com/track/48213347
Liked Songs as favorites, exact track from your player, open.spotify.com links.
Slack
Jason
Status
Midnight Tide – Neon Harbor2:16
Your status becomes the track, with the emoji you like, and clears itself when you pause.
Discord
Listening to NowWave
Midnight Tide
Neon Harbor
Low Light
1:18
Open track3:34
Rich Presence with cover, progress bar and a button to the track, for anyone who checks your profile.
How it works
Simple by design, private by default.
- 1
macOS tells us what's playing
NowWave reads the now-playing information the system already exposes: title, artist, album, cover, position.
- 2
You sign in, in your browser
TIDAL, Spotify and Slack logins use their official sign-in pages. Tokens stay on your Mac.
- 3
Everything stays on your Mac
No NowWave account, no server, no listening history anywhere but on your computer.
Download
Get NowWave.
Free while in beta. macOS 14 Sonoma or later, Apple silicon and Intel.
Download NowWave.dmg- Version
- 0.9 beta
- Size
- 12 MB
- Requires
- macOS 14+
Notarized by Apple
FAQ
Questions, answered.
Any app macOS reports as playing: TIDAL, Spotify, Apple Music, browsers, and more. Favorites and exact track links need TIDAL or Spotify.