YouTube Music refines its Now Playing design after months of testing

Could a finalised design of the Now Playing screen be settled on at last for YouTube Music? YouTube Music continues to fine-tune its Now Playing screen on mobile, with a refreshed redesign now appearing for more users towards the end of 2025. After rolling out a major dual-pane update in September, this latest version doesn’t overhaul everything again, but instead builds on that foundation with smarter layout choices and visual polish. The changes have been spotted on both Android and iOS following long-running A/B testing, according to 9to5Google. Back in September, YouTube Music introduced a dual-pane layout that combined playback…