For Linux user that are willing to patch supersonic themselves here's an easy way to get spotify-like notifications with cover art and a 10 second timeout. Just requires notify-send to be in your PATH.

diff --git a/ui/mainwindow.go b/ui/mainwindow.go
index f6fbaa9..fb8de5a 100644
--- a/ui/mainwindow.go
+++ b/ui/mainwindow.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"runtime"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
+	"os/exec"
 
 	fynetooltip "github.com/dweymouth/fyne-tooltip"
 	"github.com/dweymouth/supersonic/backend"
@@ -94,15 +95,16 @@ func NewMainWindow(fyneApp fyne.App, appName, displayAppName, appVersion string,
 		meta := item.Metadata()
 		artistDisp := ""
 		if tr, ok := item.(*mediaprovider.Track); ok {
-			artistDisp = " – " + strings.Join(tr.ArtistNames, ", ")
+			artistDisp = strings.Join(tr.ArtistNames, ", ") + " - " + meta.Album
 		}
 		m.Window.SetTitle(fmt.Sprintf("%s%s · %s", meta.Name, artistDisp, displayAppName))
 		if m.App.Config.Application.ShowTrackChangeNotification {
-			// TODO: Once Fyne issue #2935 is resolved, show album cover
-			fyne.CurrentApp().SendNotification(&fyne.Notification{
-				Title:   meta.Name,
-				Content: artistDisp,
-			})
+			go func() {
+				app.ImageManager.GetCoverThumbnail(meta.CoverArtID) // ensure image is cached locally
+				if path, err := app.ImageManager.GetCoverArtPath(meta.CoverArtID); err == nil {
+					exec.Command("notify-send", "-t", "10000", "-u", "low", "-h", "string:x-canonical-private-synchronous:supersonic-track", "-i", path, meta.Name, artistDisp).Run()
+				}
+			}()
 		}
 	})
 	app.ServerManager.OnServerConnected(func() {

Uh oh!

Now playing notification should disappear after a few seconds #316

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