Apple Music 7.0 is rolling out to beta testers on Android, bringing a floating, iPhone-style navigation bar, rebuilt artist pages and a new way to manage tracks between your library and playlists. On devices such as the Pixel 11 Pro, the Galaxy S26 Ultra and other leading Android handsets, the app should now closely resemble the iPhone version.
The update introduces a Liquid Glass aesthetic to Android, with a rounded, floating navigation bar featuring a light see-through effect that mirrors the design seen on iPhone.
What Apple Music 7.0 changes
The refreshed look is the headline feature, but there are several practical improvements as well. Artist pages have been reimagined with full-page artwork, artist-picked highlights and an “i” button next to Play that opens the artist’s biography straight away.
The update also offers greater playlist and library control. Listeners can now remove a track from their library without it also disappearing from their playlists, which means clearing out a library no longer requires rebuilding playlists from scratch.
A screenshot of the new interface also shows a “Make Playlists Together” tip for collaborative playlists, although this feature is not referenced in the release notes, so it is unclear whether it is new to Android or simply reappears alongside the redesign.
How it compares with Spotify and YouTube Music
Spotify remains the main rival for this redesign. It typically updates its Android and iPhone apps in tandem, as it did with its Your Library overhaul, and its Premium plan now costs around £10 a month in the US, slightly more than Apple Music’s price of roughly £9 a month. YouTube Music enjoys a home advantage, having shipped preinstalled on Android phones since Android 10.
For those already content with Spotify or YouTube Music, this update alone is unlikely to prompt a switch. It does, however, remove one of the simpler reasons to overlook Apple Music on Android, namely that the app had looked dated compared with its competitors.
The update was first flagged in a post on X on 30 September, with screenshots of the new home and library screens shared from an Android phone. The changelog for the release was subsequently found within the app’s code.
For now, the new look is limited to beta testers, so most users will need to wait for the stable release to arrive on Google Play. Android listeners pay the same subscription fee as iPhone owners, and Apple Music 7.0 is the clearest indication yet that the company is designing with its Android audience in mind.
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