YouTube Music on Android is getting a UI redesign for playlists
The playlists onYouTube Musicare one of its biggest draws, and it appears that Google is testing a significant UI redesign for them in its mobile app. A French useron Reddithas shared that the YouTube playlist interface on his Samsung Galaxy Tab A7 has significantly changed, and it seems to be a test for a future update.
In the new UI, the top of the playlist shows the person’s name who has created it, and when the playlist was last updated. The cover art is now centralized, and below that is the playlist name in a large font. Next up is the list of the other buttons such as download, add to library, play, share, and the overflow appearing in a straight line. Oddly, the shuffle feature seems to be missing from this list.
The changes have appeared only in the playlists section and not for albums. In this early testing phase, it is unknown if the changes will be made only to playlists or if it’ll extend to other sections of YouTube Music. The changes give the UI a cleaner look, with the control options in a single line, making it easier to navigate. As per9to5Google, the changes will also apply to self-made or community-generated playlists and YouTube Music’s creations.
These developments are the most recent in a line of changes made by Google for YouTube Music, which includes adding anExplore option at the bottomof the home feed and a"Listen again" grid designfor Android and iPad tablets.
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