Owners of Xiaomi, Redmi and POCO smartphones often face an annoying problem: the built-in Mi Music player perfectly plays tracks, but completely refuses to display the lyrics. This is annoying when you want to sing along with your favorite song or learn the words of a foreign song. The standard application interface often does not load the lyrics automatically, leaving the screen empty or showing only the album cover.
Fortunately, MIUI and HyperOS are flexible enough to do this without getting root permissions. There are several proven methods to integrate words into a music file or get a player to download them from the network. In this article, we’ll look at all the working methods, from simple actions on the menu to using specialized plugins.
Before you start to manipulate the lyrics, it’s important to understand that the lyrics are either a separate file with the.lrc extension or embedded metadata inside the track itself. Xiaomi player can read both formats by default, but often it just needs to “show” where to look for information. We’ll look at how to make the lyrics appear stable.
Why Mi Music doesn't show lyrics
The first thing to do is to understand the reasons for the failure. Often users blame the "curve" firmware, but the problem lies deeper. The Mi Player app is set by default to search for lyrics in online databases that may not be available in your region or not support the desired language. If the Internet connection is unstable or servers are blocked, the screen will remain empty.
Another common reason is that there is no built-in text search plugin, and in some versions of MIUI, this module is not automatically activated, and it's also worth checking the audio file itself: if there's no information in its tags and online search is disabled, the player simply has nothing to show. It's important to distinguish between no function and a technical failure.
Older versions of Mi Music may have had a stripped-down functionality, and upgrading to the latest available version via GetApps or Google Play often solves the problem of compatibility with modern tag formats.
⚠️ Note: If you downloaded music from pirated resources, the files can be specially cleared of metadata, including text.
Checking settings and updating the plugin
Diagnostics should start with the basic settings of the app itself. Often the function is simply disabled or requires the activation of an additional module. Go to Mi Music and go to the user profile or settings menu. Find the section associated with the lyrics or "Lyrics".
In modern versions of the HyperOS shell, the path can look like Profile → Settings → Song Text. Make sure the Online Texts switch is activated. If the system offers to download or update a plugin to work with this feature, agree. Without this component, the search for lyrics on the network will not work.
It also makes sense to clear the app cache if the text was previously displayed and then disappeared. This can be done through Settings → Apps → All apps → Mi Music → Clear the data. Don’t worry, your music files will not be deleted, only temporary files and player settings will be reset.
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After you do this, try re-energizing the track, and if the text doesn't show up, move on to more radical, but effective, ways to solve the problem.
Method 1: Using the built-in search lyrics
If the plugin is installed but the text is not automatically loaded, you can manually search. Open the playable composition to the full screen. At the bottom of the interface, next to the control buttons, there is often a list icon or three-dot icon.
Click on the menu and select "Text of the song" or Lyrics. If the system does not find matches automatically, it will prompt you to search the database. Type the name of the track or the name of the artist manually. Xiaomi's algorithm is smart enough to find the right line even with a slight discrepancy in the title.
The version you find needs to be selected and confirmed, and then the text will be attached to the file, and in some versions of the firmware, after manual selection, the system will remember this match for all similar files in the library.
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If the automatic search doesn’t work, try renaming the file temporarily, leaving only the track and artist name (e.g., “Artist – Song.mp3”) to make it easier for the algorithms to identify.
This method is good because it does not require third-party software, but it depends on the availability of the manufacturer’s servers in your area.
Method 2: Manual addition of a.lrc file
The most reliable way to work on 100% of devices regardless of the version of MIUI is a local file with text..lrc format (LyRiCs) contains not only words, but also time stamps, thanks to which the text syncs with music and scrolls to beat.
You need to find the.lrc file for your song on the Internet. There are many resources where enthusiasts upload synchronized lyrics. Download the file and put it in the same folder where the music track is located. It's critical that the file names match completely.
For example, if your song is called Imagine Dragons - Believer.mp3, the text file should be called Imagine Dragons - Believer.lrc. The extension changes and the name remains the same. After that, update the library in the Mi Music app through the scan menu.
| Parameter | Requirement | Note |
|---|---|---|
| File name | Identical to MP3 | No more symbols. |
| Expansion | .lrc | UTF-8 encoding |
| Location. | Same file. | Near the track |
| Coding | UTF-8 | To support the Cyrillic alphabet |
If the text is displayed in "pretty-bitty" instead of letters, then the file is encoded incorrectly. Open it in a text editor on a PC and select UTF-8 when saved.
Method 3: Editing tags through third-party applications
If you don't want to mess with individual files, you can embed text right inside the music file, and you'll need third-party tag editors that you can download from Google Play. Star Music Tag Editor or AutomaTag are great options.
Install the app you select, and open the track you want to use, and find the Lyrics field or the Text, and you can copy the lyrics from any site, and some editors allow you to automatically find and download the lyrics by the title of the track.
Once pasted, be sure to click the Save button or Save. The file will be rewritten with the new metadata. Now, when you open this track in a standard Xiaomi player, it counts the text from the internal file tags.
Which tag format is best to use?
And the way that this works is that the text travels with the file, and if you transfer the music to another phone or computer, the lyrics stay in place.
Alternative: Third-party music players
If the Mi Music app continues to be capricious, it makes sense to consider alternatives.The app store offers a plethora of players that work perfectly out of the box with lyrics and have more advanced synchronization features.
One of the best solutions is Musicolet or Pulsar, which is lightweight, doesn't require any permissions, and can automatically download texts from multiple sources, and is fully compatible with Xiaomi's file system.
Installing a third-party player doesn't require removing the standard one. You can simply assign a new default application to open audio files. This often solves the problem faster than finding hidden settings in the system.
⚠️ Note: When installing third-party players from unknown sources (APK-Be careful. download software only from trusted stores to avoid viruses.
The use of a specialized player is often the most competent solution, since the developers of such applications focus on the quality of playback and functionality, unlike system solutions.
Frequent mistakes and their solution
Even following the instructions, users may encounter difficulties. One of the most common mistakes is mismatching file names. A computer file system is sensitive to spaces at the end of a title or a letter register. Make sure that Track.lrc and Track.mp3 are called exactly the same.
Another problem is storing music deep in folders. Some versions of Mi Music don't scan nested directories. Move the files to the Music or Download root folder to make it easier to access.
Also, be aware of access rights: newer versions of Android (11, 12, 13, 14) have limited access to the file system, so when you first start a tag editor or player, be sure to allow access to all files, otherwise the application will not be able to read or write text.
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The coincidence of the names of the audio file and the lyric file is a key condition for the operation of local text without embedding tags.