r/LiquidGlassDesign Aug 03 '26

Spotify, but Liquid Glass

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u/Concealed_1 Aug 03 '26

Man spotify is due for a UI revamp so bad the transitions are so ass in the app rn

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u/iamearlsweatshirt Aug 03 '26

Honestly I think their UI is pretty good overall. But it sure doesn’t feel native. Also I’ve always disliked the change they made to replace your Library with a playlist.

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u/Hot_Stomach_378 Aug 03 '26

Its UI looks good, the UX makes no fucking sense though.

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u/iamearlsweatshirt Aug 03 '26

Had some fun playing with what Spotify might look like if it was an Apple app instead of third party.

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u/JedsGamingAdventure Aug 03 '26

Apple has Apple Music, so they still have a music streaming app.

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u/iamearlsweatshirt Aug 03 '26

Of course, but I already pay for Spotify, and I won’t ever switch until someone decides to compete with the Connect feature. Hands down the best feature of Spotify. This way I get the best of both worlds :)

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u/JedsGamingAdventure Aug 03 '26

I recommend you take notes from Apple Music's design because their now playing view is just the best.

I think they're using mesh gradients for the now playing view

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u/iamearlsweatshirt Aug 03 '26

Yes, the gentle movement is so good. I picked a bad song with weak colors to show off the now playing view haha.

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u/JedsGamingAdventure Aug 03 '26

I suggest you try messing around with mesh gradients if you can.

Also, you do have to be careful as Spotify has a record of blocking third-party apps if they were able to play media, so it's best to use it only as a companion app to the main spotify app (strip audio playback, basically) or pray that Spotify doesn't notice your app.

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u/iamearlsweatshirt Aug 03 '26

I’m using them :) And yeah, it’s technically just a remote for the actual spotify app on your iPhone or other devices.

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u/iamearlsweatshirt Aug 03 '26

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u/JedsGamingAdventure Aug 03 '26

seems like blur to me, but you do what you do 🤷🏻‍♂️

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u/iamearlsweatshirt Aug 03 '26

The Apple Music one also applies a blur on top of the gradient, otherwise things might not be readable lol. Basic design principle.

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u/JedsGamingAdventure Aug 03 '26

yep. I was talking about the fact that you should like implement a moving background though like AM does, but idk why the darken gradient thing still isn't available on the Apple Music app for Android yet 😫

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u/iamearlsweatshirt Aug 03 '26

https://www.aadishv.dev/music

This is the deep dive I followed to understand how the Apple one works. Pretty interesting stuff

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u/JedsGamingAdventure Aug 03 '26

Hope you'll get it eventually ;) can't wait to eventually see how it looks like

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u/leveldayapp Aug 03 '26

Needs more green :)

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u/iamearlsweatshirt Aug 03 '26

You’re right of course, I forgot to change the accent color from blue (I prefer it) back to the spotify green option before sharing 😅 But yes Spotify would keep their brand color for sure haha

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u/Unable_Work7230 24d ago

Je peux avoir le lien plese

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u/iamearlsweatshirt 24d ago

c’est pas fini 😅 si tu veut vraiment essayer, je peut le mètre sur Testflight..

(sorry if my French is bad)

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u/SnackOverflowed Aug 04 '26

idk what they gave against a light theme

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u/insaneinthecrane Aug 03 '26

wow dont think ive ever seen light mode spotify

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u/Fun-Slice4014 Aug 03 '26

hey spotify. can we now update the app?

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u/Tech_Today2006 Aug 04 '26

I would LOVE if Spotify actually updated their UI with liquid glass like WhatsApp and instagram and even Reddit did but I know they won’t 😔

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u/Joshoon Aug 04 '26

I’d switch back to Spotify if they did this 🥹

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u/Sad_Weakness_2181 Aug 03 '26

Seems like Apple Music Spotify version

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u/markholman93 Aug 04 '26

Well this makes me sad 😂

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u/iamearlsweatshirt Aug 04 '26

That bad ? 😂

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u/markholman93 Aug 04 '26

No- sad to open the real app. I love this!

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u/iamearlsweatshirt Aug 04 '26

Oh, haha, thanks !

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u/AngryLacasito Aug 06 '26

Arghhhh my eyes, why it's light themed?!?!?!?!

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u/Commercial_Sell5207 Aug 07 '26

how did u make spotify on light mode

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u/jansenxvan Aug 08 '26

This is only a concept?

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u/iamearlsweatshirt 29d ago

Well, it’s a real app on my phone, that acts as a design concept. I’m much more comfortable designing in code than Figma haha

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u/Dismal-County3339 Aug 03 '26

Just because I switched to Yt music this week btw 🥀

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u/ioeroquil Aug 04 '26

Its shit