Apple introduced its Liquid Glass design with iOS 26 last year. Soon after, the Apple Music 5.0 beta for Android picked up a few iOS 26 touches, like pill-shaped buttons, but was missing the Liquid Glass look. Now, a year later, Apple is finally bringing Liquid Glass to Android with the Apple Music 7.0 beta update.
Apple Music 7.0 Beta Brings Liquid Glass to Android
As spotted by 9to5Google, the Apple Music 7.0 beta update is now live and the biggest change has arrived in the form of the navigation bar. It now floats above the content and is translucent. When scrolling, users will be able to see through the navigation bar, the same way it works with Liquid Glass on Apple iPhones.
The mini player gets the same treatment. It's now a separate floating bar and is no longer attached to the bottom navigation bar. There's one difference from iOS, though.
On the iPhone, the tab bar shrinks into a smaller version when users scroll down. On Android, the bar stays the same size and doesn't collapse.
Aside from the floating bars, Apple Music 7.0 beta also brings the following changes to Android phones:
- Cleaner top bars: The page title and the three-dot menu now sit on a single line.
- New menu buttons: The three-dot menu icons now sit inside circular buttons and they are no longer red.
- Dynamic artist pages: Artist pages now have backgrounds that change colour based on the artist's cover image.
- Better Library controls: The Library tab's menu now includes "Edit Pins" and "Edit Categories" options.
- Refreshed Settings: The Settings page has a more modern look with better grouping.
- Edge-to-edge design: The app now extends behind the status bar and navigation bar, so it fills the whole screen.
That said, the Liquid Glass and UI changes in Apple Music 7.0 beta are not available in the stable version of the app yet. To try it out, users will need to join the Apple Music beta program through its Google Play Store listing.
It's interesting to see Apple bring its own design language to Android. Google has made it clear that Android itself isn't copying Liquid Glass. In fact, Google confirmed earlier this year that Android 17 sticks with its own Material 3 Expressive design. So, its interesting to see Liquid Glass on Apple Music instead of Material 3 Expressive theming.
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