Following Now Playing’s split-view redesign earlier this year, YouTube Music is testing fullscreen cover art.
Currently, artwork appears between the audio/video switcher and song title with rounded corners.
This new design has cover art that takes up your entire screen, including the status and system navigation bars. You go from a square to this rectangle that might significantly crop things out as seen in the example below.
Old vs. new
It’s interesting how this effect also applies when watching music videos. This reflects how portrait, Shorts-esque video has taken over and something people are comfortable with.
