After rolling out to Android in December, YouTube Music’s gradient background redesign of Now Playing is now live on the iPhone.
Previously, YouTube Music selected a solid color based on album art for the Now Playing background. This redesign applies a gradient that is lighter on top and darker below. This helps play/pause, next/back, shuffle, and repeat, as well as the scrubber and carousel of buttons, stand out more.
Up Next, Lyrics, and Related are no longer housed in a container, with the text buttons just floating in place. You can still swipe up to quickly access your queue (even though there’s no pull tab indicator). The darker background is also apparent in Up Next.
This Now Playing gradient revamp is widely rolling out with version 7.01 of YouTube Music for iPhone and iPad. If you’re not seeing it yet, close the app from multitasking and relaunch.
Old vs. new
Speaking of the tablet, the iOS app still does not have a dual-column layout to match the Android experience.
More on YouTube Music:
- YouTube Music hits version 7.x & updates its app store screenshots from 2018
- Gemini in Google Messages, YouTube Music Extension rolling out
- YouTube Music rolling out Cast menu redesign on Android with no stop button
- YouTube Music wants to be the ‘ultimate destination for podcasters and fans’
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