change the lock screen buttons to fast forward/rewind a few seconds, instead of track control.
I never use the foreword/back buttons on the lock screen to change podcasts/tracks, but I would definitely use them to jump back or ahead 20-30 seconds, like the controls do on the player screen when unlocked.
You can already do this by changing the lock screen widget default behavior in Settings/Lock screen widget
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Krish commented
Hi there, I was looking for a solution too to the same issue and came across this thread. Just in case in future if someone comes looking for a solution, try this trick. It seems to work. I will paste the response from another thread where I found it -
"What you're seeing is the new Oreo generic media control. Apparently it overrides all other media controls, like BP and GoneMad. All you have to do is turn it off. Go to Settings, Lock screen and security, Clock and FaceWidgets, FaceWidgets - there you can turn it off, along with toggles for Today's schedule and Next alarm. I don't recall reading about these before, but that's the ticket.
You don't need to have any BP widget selected, the default BP notification media player has ALL the buttons.
Actually even when the Oreo media control is turned on the BP media control is there, but hiding. If you have any other notification you can swipe down on it and BP will appear, along with the first row of quick settings. It's like a game of hide and seek when you turn a widget on, then it's there - until you use it - then it's gone.
Skip forward is back!"
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This is normal. Since Android 5 Google has removed lock screen widgets.
Now it displays standard app notifications.
You can customize the player notification to add/remove controls in Settings/Notifications/Player -
Huawei Nexus 6P commented
I tried to follow your advise and enabled the "rewind" and "fast forward" buttons., but the lock screen widget does not change the layout. I am using a Nexus 6P. What can be done?