Media Player in Notifications disappearing regularly?

[MikeH95]

Since OneUI 7 dropped I've found my phone forgets the currently playing media regularly. The media player widget in my notifications draw doesn't stick around like it did before, meaning that if I pause my music/video and browse my phone for a few minutes I'll have to reopen the app to press the play button rather than just resuming from my notifications. Are other people noticing this and has anyone found a setting that makes the media player persist like before? 

This happens for YouTube, Spotify and Pocketcasts, it doesn't seem to matter what the media type is. 

[JackKor]

I have experienced the exact same. The now bar is terrible, you end up having to use more presses and go directly back to the app more...

Before the live notification would persist until the app was closed, which was much more helpful.

So, it seems this is just the design unfortunately

[lance78]

Samsung music widget one ui6 has problems to ,when listening to music through ear buds for say 10 minutes and then decide you want to go back to it later. I always close the app and swipe the music notification . Then when going back to it later and pressing play on the home screen widget the track starts from the beginning and not from where it was left
Goodmans Bluetooth earbuds B&M

[Celesteen]

Has anyone found a workaround for this? It is driving me up a wall!! I also hate the new Audio widget from the lock screen. So much harder to navigate than the old one, especially if you're driving and just trying to switch songs or rewind a few seconds