Removing What No Longer Belongs
Removed unused UI elements and improved consistency in lock screen remote controls and sleep mode copy.
Sustained product development accumulates UI elements that no longer serve any active flow. Progress bars, unused login buttons, a legacy recommendation picker, and an obsolete settings screen in the sleep timeline all fell into this category. This update removes those elements in a single pass. The changes are not user-facing in an obvious sense, but a leaner codebase directly improves the accuracy and speed of future work.
Alongside the removal, two functional areas were recalibrated. The first is lock screen and Now Playing remote control: state delivery was corrected so that playback and skip commands issued from outside the app reflect the same playback state as the in-app interface. The second is the sleep mode flow: text and screen presentation across the pre-sleep content selection, alarm configuration, and session entry steps were aligned to a consistent language.
The current phase prioritizes reliability and consistency over feature expansion. Removing unused elements clarifies the role and intent of every remaining screen.