Apple Music Just Got a Serious Glow-Up on Android
I’m an Android guy. Always have been, always will be. Yes, I've owned iPhones—but they were never my daily drivers. I got them purely out of curiosity, as a..
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Apple Music has rolled out its 5.0 beta for Android users, finally bringing long-awaited feature parity with the upcoming iOS 26 updates. This marks a significant upgrade for Android users who previously felt like "second-class citizens" in Apple's music ecosystem.
- The 5.0 beta introduces a refreshed UI with new pill-shaped buttons and crucial features like Lyrics Translation, in-app Replay data, and the ability to Pin music categories (Songs, Albums, Playlists, Artists) to the top of the Library.
- The update aims to align the Android experience more closely with Apple's latest design philosophy, even though the Liquid Glass redesign and floating Now Playing controls seen on iPhone are still absent.
- Users can join the beta program via the Google Play Store to access these new features immediately.
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