Skip to main content

Google Play Music for iOS updated w/ Material Design, first ever iPad version

Google this afternoon has begun rolling out a major update to the Play Music app on iOS. The update packs a handful of new features and enhancements, including a totally refreshed Material Design interface, and for the first time, an iPad optimized interface, as well.

Google touts that this update offers new album and artist description pages with a new, cleaner design as well as a more immersive Now Playing experience with album artwork taking up the entire display. Perhaps most notably, there is also now an iPad-specifc design for Play Music on iOS. The iPad interface is overall relatively similar to the iPhone design, but with larger and more immersive images.

Finally, Google says that the update contains a variety of improvements to streaming and automatic caching to make playback more reliable. The full change-log from Google is below:

We’ve heard you all loud and clear, and now Google Play Music has an official iPad app!

Both the iPhone and iPad apps also have new Material Design UI:

  • Beautiful new artist and album pages with descriptions
  • Immersive Now Playing experience
  • Small visual improvements throughout

Finally, we’ve made a lot of improvements to streaming and automatic caching to make music playback faster and more reliable.

 The Google Play Music for iOS update is available now on the App Store for free. iPad screenshots below:

FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. More.

You’re reading 9to5Mac — experts who break news about Apple and its surrounding ecosystem, day after day. Be sure to check out our homepage for all the latest news, and follow 9to5Mac on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn to stay in the loop. Don’t know where to start? Check out our exclusive stories, reviews, how-tos, and subscribe to our YouTube channel

Comments

  1. Waiting for the other guy to bash Material Design and cry over it…
    (WHERE ARE YOU?)

    • bfredit - 10 years ago

      Here’s a few:
      • Material design sucks
      • Google should keep their design on Android
      • Apple’s design is better, I don’t want this Material Design crap
      • I will never ever use Google products! They steal your data!
      • Google “do no evil” my ass

      Am I missing something?

  2. Lauren Glenn - 10 years ago

    I like the app…. choices are always better, but I still don’t get why the circles for people’s faces are better than what works in a grid…. still, now I have no reason to use iTunes match anymore.

  3. Here is a useful list of Material Design components for iOS and OS X developers http://materialdesignblog.com/10-material-design-ios-components-for-osx-and-ios-development/

Author

Avatar for Chance Miller Chance Miller

Chance is the editor-in-chief of 9to5Mac, overseeing the entire site’s operations. He also hosts the 9to5Mac Daily and 9to5Mac Happy Hour podcasts.

You can send tips, questions, and typos to chance@9to5mac.com.

Manage push notifications

notification icon
We would like to show you notifications for the latest news and updates.
notification icon
You are subscribed to notifications
notification icon
We would like to show you notifications for the latest news and updates.
notification icon
You are subscribed to notifications