Google first introduced app splash screens with Android 12 in 2021. The YouTube app gained an animated splash screen in 2023, and now the YouTube Music app is following suit. YouTube Music's ...

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.