Drawing inspiration from its smart TV app, YouTube for Android introduced a splash screen animation back in September 2023. One year later, the YouTube Music app is now following suit.

A similar splash screen animation first came to YouTube's smart TV interface late last year, and some users reported seeing this mobile slpash screen as early as this spring.

YouTube for Android TV is now receiving a fresh new startup or splash loading screen when launching the app from cold.

The new YouTube television splash screen comes with sound In the extensive blog post, YouTube shows off the animation along with a breakdown of the visuals and audibles.