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YouTube Is Giving Its Android Navigation Bar a Liquid Glass-Y Makeover

TL;DR Google is testing a new translucent floating navigation bar in the YouTube app on Android. The new design seems to be a server-side switch, so there’s no way to manually enable it. A Morphe patch to enable a Liquid Glass floating navigation bar is already available. Google seems to be taking multiple stabs at tweaking how the bottom navigation bar in the YouTube app looks and works. After removing the Subscriptions tab from the navigation…

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YouTube is testing a new interface for Android phones, with a floating and translucent lower navigation bar. The visual reminds of the Liquid Glass effect, adopted by Apple on iOS, and changes the appearance of the lower part of the application. The novelty is still in experimental phase and is not available to all users. The change replaces the traditional fixed bar with a floating element with transparency and blur effect. The test takes place…

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Android Authority broke the news in British Columbia, Canada on Thursday, November 5, 2026.
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