YouTube Music is always pushing design tweaks to its UI. According to 9To5Google, YouTube Music is bringing a new redesign to the Now Playing screen that will let users view the comments.
The redesign
This new redesign seems to make YouTube Music look more like the main YouTube app. On the Now Playing screen, you’ll see a horizontally scrolling carousel of chips showing the Like, Dislike, Comments, Save to Playlist, and Share buttons.
Nothing really changes up top aside from the color of the song/video toggle. Also, the album art now has rounded corners. This might be related to the recent change that gave rounded corners to YouTube videos on the website.
In order to make room for the carousel, there’s less empty space. The album art is a little bit closer to the song/video toggle, and the controls have been pushed down closer to the bottom bar.
Also, when you look at the queue, it will show some chips above the music. This will help filter the songs present in the queue. We see a Familiar, Discover, Popular, and Deep Cuts chip.
This new redesign brings the comments to YouTube Music
What’s probably the most notable change is the introduction of the Comments button. When you tap on this button, you’ll see the feed of comments show up just as if you were on the main app.
This comment section shows you all of the comments posted on the original YouTube for the song you’re listening to. So, this isn’t a separate comment feature unique to YouTube Music.
YouTube basically plugged the comments from the main app into YouTube Music. You’re able to like/dislike and reply to other users’ comments. You’re also able to post your own comments.
Right now, this new update is making its way to both Android and iOS users. If you want to see this update, make sure that your app is fully updated. If you don’t see it yet, then you’ll want to wait a day or two.