Apple Music for Android is picking up the Liquid Glass redesign already running on iOS. It is available now in a 7.0 beta. The update brings a floating translucent bottom navigation bar and a mini-player that floats on its own. The top bar has been streamlined and artist pages rebuilt. Anyone enrolled in the app’s beta programme on the Google Play Store can install it today.
Apple’s Liquid Glass design language, which arrived with iOS 27, is now spreading to Apple’s Android apps.
Liquid Glass navigation in Apple Music for Android
The bottom tab bar no longer sits flush against the edge of the screen. It floats above the content as a translucent bar, in line with Apple’s current design language. The layout also runs edge to edge, extending under the status bar and the navigation bar.
The mini-player is handled differently on Android than on iOS. It floats as its own separate element, and it does not collapse away when you scroll. On iOS it does. That is a small win for Android users, since the playback controls stay reachable while you browse.
The top bar has been tightened up too. The page title and the overflow menu now share a single line. Those three-dot icons have changed appearance as well, dropping the red theming in favour of circular containers.
Artist pages, Library and Settings
Artist pages get the most visible rework. Backgrounds are now themed to the album artwork, and the play button is larger and more prominent. The information sections have been repositioned, and sharing has moved up to the top-right corner.
In the Library tab, some controls have moved out of view. Options including Edit Pins and Edit Categories now live inside overflow menus rather than sitting on the surface. It is a cleaner screen, though it does add a tap for anyone who reorganises their library often.
Settings has been reorganised with clearer grouping. The Now Playing screen is the notable exception to all of this, and it is largely untouched in this release.
Version numbering and rollout
The jump to 7.0 is not arbitrary. It brings the Android app’s version number in line with iOS 27, so both platforms now track together. That is a release-cadence change rather than a feature you can use.
The redesign is beta-only for now. 9to5Google, which reported the update, describes these builds as generally stable. It also notes that Apple Music beta testing usually runs for a few weeks. On that basis a wider public release should not be far off, though the report gives no release date.
Source: 9to5Google
