Drawing inspiration from its smart TV app, YouTube for Android introduced a splash screen animation back in September 2023. One year later, the YouTube Music app is now following suit.

Google apps started adding animated splash screens in 2021 with Android 12, and YouTube Music now finally has one. For a long time, YTM has used a static splash screen with the red icon on a dark ...

A similar splash screen animation first came to YouTube's smart TV interface late last year, and some users reported seeing this mobile slpash screen as early as this spring.

The new YouTube television splash screen comes with sound In the extensive blog post, YouTube shows off the animation along with a breakdown of the visuals and audibles.