{"id":104779,"date":"2025-06-06T16:35:22","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T15:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?p=104779"},"modified":"2025-06-06T16:35:25","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T15:35:25","slug":"youtube-music-now-playing-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/youtube-music-now-playing-update\/","title":{"rendered":"YouTube Music can&#8217;t leave the Now Playing screen alone"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 style=\"user-select: auto;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff; user-select: auto;\">Some users are reporting seeing yet another rearrangement of the icons within the &#8216;Now Playing&#8217; screen on the YouTube Music app.<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>YouTube Music has been testing various placements for the icons on the Now Playing screen to a portion of users.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Based on the images from <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2025\/06\/05\/youtube-music-now-playing-thumbs-up\/\">9to5Google<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/YoutubeMusic\/comments\/1l4gw4j\/new_thumbs_updown_area\/\">Reddit<\/a>, the placement change seems to move the large play, skip, shuffle and repeat buttons above the engagement buttons and play bar. The comments &#8216;Save&#8217;, &#8216;Share&#8217;, &#8216;Download&#8217; and other engagement icons move down to the bottom of the screen, just above the &#8216;UP NEXT&#8217;, &#8216;LYRICS&#8217; and &#8216;RELATED&#8217; buttons. The &#8216;Song&#8217;\/&#8217;Video&#8217; switcher is becoming a toggle alongside the other engagement buttons. And in the latest change, the like and dislike buttons are moving up to alongside the track title, as in the image.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most of Reddit seems to dislike the somewhat minor change, but it&#8217;s generally hard to find fans on board with app redesigns. Personally I&#8217;m still seeing the old version on my iPhone, so the features are still rolling out, if they ever do follow through with this latest test.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-reddit wp-block-embed-reddit\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"reddit-embed-bq\" style=\"height:500px\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/YoutubeMusic\/comments\/1l4gw4j\/new_thumbs_updown_area\/\">New thumbs up\/down area<\/a><br> by<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/crabshit91\/\">u\/crabshit91<\/a> in<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/YoutubeMusic\/\">YoutubeMusic<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.reddit.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"UTF-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>YouTube Music has also added a hidden feature in recent updates. You can now swipe left or right on a song in an album or playlist to &#8216;Play next&#8217; or add it to a playlist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><\/strong><strong><\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/free-youtube-music-distribution-2\/\">Love it or hate it? Regardless, you can upload your tracks to YouTube Music for free when you distribute your music with RouteNote! 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