Since Android 13 launched in mid-August last year, it has occurred with so much of updates and enhancements in the sense of new addition. However, some of their tents remain constant. Some of the things that have been modernized in the Android 13 media player are that some apps are supported and some are not like podcasts, audio apps, and other music apps are still in count.
Previously, On Android 12 was a bit narrower, but it now enhances in size to become taller than before. Which could refer to a compact version, but only in landscape mode. Though it’s a rectangular crop instead of showing the complete square artwork, allows for a larger cover art preview.
Though the device output switcher remains opposite of the responsible app’s icon appears in the top-left corner. The song/podcast name and artist appear next in the lines below.
On apps that have been optimized (or target) Android 13, the play/pause button (which morphs from a circle to a rounded square, and vice versa, on tap) appears at the right edge. It’s a delightful touch that’s followed by the absolutely whimsical progress bar that squiggles to note what you’ve already listened to.
On the new applications flank, that line with next/back or forward/rewind while the remaining actions are shown at the right. The progress bar is at the far left with up to five actions appearing. Apps that aren’t updated for Android 13 still have the squiggling, but the bottom row is very packed because every button is located on a sole line.
The source is that there are very few apps that have been updated to Android 13, which launched this week. But you can experience the new player because some first-party apps are there.
Optimized for Android 13:
- Google Podcasts: Part of the Google app
- Chrome: When playing media from the web
- YouTube Music
- YouTube: Now in stable
- Google Play Books: With version 2022.8+
- (Google Pixel) Recorder: Transcript playback with version 3.7
- Pocket Casts
- Shazam
- SoundCloud: Version 2022.11.16 targets API 33. It’s still rolling out via the Play Store. But does not support any additional actions beyond play/pause, next/back, and scrubbing.
- Spotify
- Tidal
Major apps that haven’t been updated
- Apple Music
- Pandora
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