Google Photos has a new look for its video player, including easier navigation, that is currently rolling out to users.

That, paired with Google's new Material 3 design language, is what the new UI looks like. It puts commonly used controls like the Play/Pause buttons, timeline, chapters, and others within pills.

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To do this, consistency in the design of key UI items is essential. For example, it’s important that all music player apps maintain practically the same playback UI.

Android 12 DP1 actually tweaked some of the layouts, but this is simply a change to the color of the media player UI, with all of the same functionality retained.

After first A/B testing in February and announcing last month, YouTube Music’s new player UI is seeing a wider rollout around the world over the past 24 hours.