How to add song lyrics to music on Xiaomi: All the ways

Do you listen to your favorite track on Xiaomi and want to sing along, but don’t know the words? Or the lyrics are not displayed correctly in a standard player? The problem is familiar to many owners of smartphones with MIUI – despite the rich functionality, the built-in Mi Music app does not always correctly load words to songs. In this article, we will discuss 3 proven ways to add song lyrics to music on Redmi, Poco or Mi, including manual editing tags and using third-party services.

Feature MIUI The system often ignores the built-in MP3-file-text (LYRICS-tags) if they don't meet the internal standards of the player. MIUI 14 and HyperOS — all of these methods work well, but they require different levels of technical training. If you're a beginner, start with online services; experienced users can edit metadata through a new service. MP3Tag Or MusicBrainz Picard.

1.Add text through the standard Mi Music player

The easiest way is to use the built-in Mi Music features, which can automatically download texts from Xiaomi’s database, but often requires manual synchronization.

• 📱 Open the Mi Music app and select the track you want to add text to.
• 🔍 Click on three dots in the upper right corner → Edit information.
• 📝 In the Song Text section, click Add and enter words manually or paste copied text.
• 💾 Save the changes – the text will be attached to the file and will be displayed when played.

⚠️ Note: If text is not saved, check the player's access rights to storage (Settings) → Annexes → Mi Music → Permits. On some firmware MIUI 13 and older, you need to enable the option to Change system settings to work correctly.

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If the song text is displayed with a time shift, in the Mi Music player you can manually synchronize it: during playback, click on the line of text and hold until a slider appears for correction.

The disadvantage of the method: when moving a file to another phone or memory card, the text may disappear, since it is stored in the player base, and not in the player itself. MP3. For permanent storage of words, it is better to use the introduction into metadata (method) №2).

2.Editing LYRICS-tagged MP3-file

The professional approach is to write the text directly into the metadata of the audio file, which ensures that the words will be displayed in any player, including Mi Music, Poweramp or Spotify, you will need a PC or a special mobile application.

Method A: Through MP3Tag (Windows/macOS)

• 💻 Install. MP3Tag (free of charge) and connect your phone to your computer.
• 📁 Move it. MP3-files to a folder on your PC or open them directly from your phone (in file transfer mode).
• 🏷️ V MP3Tag highlight the tracks → right-button → Extended Tags → LYRICS.
• 📝 Insert the lyrics of the song (you can use timecodes in format) [00:23.45]) and save (Ctrl)+S).

Method B: Star Music Tag Editor (Android)

If you don’t have a computer, use the mobile editor:

1. Download Star Music Tag Editor from Google Play.
2. Open the app and select a track from your phone’s memory.
3. Go to Lyrics → paste the text → click Save.

Important: Xiaomi Mi Music only supports UTF-8 text encoding. If you use timecodes, the format must be [mm:ss.ff] (e.g., [02:34.50]).

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3. Use of third-party players with text support

If the built-in Mi Music stubbornly ignores your lyrics, install an alternative player.

🔹 Recommendation: Use the format for maximum compatibility.LRC (Many players, including Poweramp, automatically upload such files if they are in the same folder as the one they are using. MP3, and have an identical name (for example, song.mp3 song.lrc).

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4. Online services for automatic addition of texts

Do you want to mess with tags? Use online tools that will find and paste the words into your tracks:

• 🌐 SynchLyrics - download MP3, The service searches for text and returns a file with the prescribed LYRICS-tag.
• 🎵 MetaLyrics - Text databases for 20+ Millions of songs, support for timecodes.
• 🔍 LRC Generator - Creates LRC-files from plain text with manual synchronization.

⚠️ Note: When uploading files to third-party services, check their reputation (for example, via VirusTotal).Some sites may add watermarks or change metadata without your knowledge.

5 Problem Solving: Text is not displayed or synchronized

Frequent errors and their correction:

• 🚫 Text is available but not shown: Remove the Mi Music cache (Settings) → Annexes → Clear the cache) or reinstall the player.
• ⏱️ Words are not synchronized: In Poweramp or Musicolet, use Adjust Lyrics Timing (long pressing of text while playing).
• 🔤 Kracasjabr instead of text: Coding problem. Resave text to UTF-8 without BOM (For example, through Notepad.++).
• 📁 Text disappears after moving the file: Use.LRC-file instead of embedding in MP3 Or transfer the music with the.nomedia folder (so that the player doesn’t reset metadata).

If nothing helps, check the version. MIUI. On some assemblies. MIUI 12.5 and below is a bug with a display LYRICS-The solution is to download music through Mi File Manager or Google Files.

6. Alternative method: voice search for text in real time

You don't want to bother with files? Google Play has apps that recognize music playing and show text in real time:

• 🎤 Musixmatch – works with Spotify, YouTube Music and local files.
• 🔊 LyricFind – supports offline mode and synchronization with Mi Music.
• 📱 QuickLyric – lightweight player with automatic text loading.

🔹 How it works: Apps use the phone's microphone to recognize the melody and upload text from their database. Accuracy depends on the popularity of the track - for rare songs may not work.

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For stable Musixmatch on Xiaomi, turn off battery optimization for the app (Settings → Battery → Battery Optimization → All Apps → Musixmatch → Not Optimizing).

FAQ: Frequent questions about the lyrics on Xiaomi