iOS 27.2 Beta 4 Adds Black and White Apple Music Icon, per 9to5mac.com
Apple is phasing out its long-standing red and white branding for its music streaming service by rolling out a stark black-and-white app icon, updated menus, and redesigned widgets in the fourth developer beta of iOS 27.2, according to 9to5mac.com.
What Changes with the iOS 27.2 Beta 4 Update
The updated app icon trades its traditional red-and-white design for a clean, monochrome aesthetic. In light mode, the icon features a black music logo set against a white background, while dark mode inverts the color scheme to a white logo on a black background, according to 9to5mac.com. This visual shift follows an earlier rollout of a new Apple Music logo featured in marketing materials for the Apple Music Hall announcement and a prior iOS 27.2 beta release.
Beyond the home screen icon, the software changes alter several interface elements within the Music app. The navigation bar now highlights the active tab in blue rather than the previous red or pink tones. Text within the Music app's settings menu has similarly swapped its red accents for blue, matching the new menu scheme.
Apple Music adopts monochrome widgets and library views
The monochrome transition extends directly to the service’s utility widgets and internal menus. Apple Music widgets now feature plain black backgrounds instead of the familiar red fills used in earlier software versions. Within the user library, color has been completely stripped from the list sections—including Playlists, Albums, Artists, and Songs—to reinforce the new black-and-white design standard.
These interface updates arrive as Apple implements a broader visual refresh across the platform. Apple Music remains available for $11.99 per month, or as part of the bundled Apple One subscription tier, alongside the broader software ecosystem updates arriving this autumn.
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