Google first introduced app splash screens with Android 12 in 2021. The YouTube app gained an animated splash screen in 2023, and now the YouTube Music app is following suit. YouTube Music's splash ...

For the longest time, YouTube has had a somewhat static splash screen that simply shows its logo when you first launch the app. But the company has been working on a new loading animation and startup ...

Every application open on Android 12 is accompanied by a launch animation to make “startup a more consistent and delightful experience,” and the experience can be further enhanced by an animated icon ...

In exploring the latest build of Android 12 before full public launch, the feature we found to have the most potential to impact the everyday average user's future experience was Splash Screens.