It looks like Apple Music is getting a new icon

Apple Music might be going monochrome.

Apple Music might be going monochrome.

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Stevie Bonifield

Oct 13, 2026, 8:05 PM UTC

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Stevie Bonifield

is a news writer covering all things consumer tech. Stevie started out at Laptop Mag writing news and reviews on hardware, gaming, and AI.

Apple Music’s iconic red app icon has reportedly been replaced with a black-and-white version in the latest iOS 27.2 beta,9to5Macreports. The eighth note on the icon also appears to have a slightly sharper angle than the original. Anew Apple Music logowas also spotted last month on theApple Music Hallwebsite, so the company could be refreshing its app icon to match.

According to9to5Mac, the new icon is a black music note on a white background in light mode, or the opposite in dark mode. The icon’s not the only thing that’s been drained of color, either —9to5Macalso says Apple Music widgets now have black backgrounds and the app now uses a splash of blue in the tab bar to show the active tab.

A user on Xshared imagesof the new icon in the different color modes, including the tinted version. So if the new monochrome version of the app makes it to a public iOS release, you might be able to use the tinted homescreen option to make it look a bit like the previous red version again.

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