Apple Music 5.0 beta brings iOS 26 features to Android

Ahead of iOS 26 launching this fall, Apple Music for Android is beta testing version 5.0.0 with new features and design tweaks.

The Android app does not get a Liquid Glass redesign with the same bottom bar and docked Now Playing controls as before. It’s unfortunate from a cross-platform parity standpoint, but hopefully a future update will introduce it.

That said, there are some design tweaks like pill-shaped buttons throughout the app replacing the rounded rectangles. For…