The idea of a splash screen is to keep the user occupied while the application loads. Developing splash screens for Java applications is harder than it needs to be, until now.

In comparison, News yesterday adopted the side slide-in. Update 8/24: After a lull in updates — besides Contacts, Google News is the latest app to adopt Android 12’s animated splash screen.

Summary Google first introduced app splash screens with Android 12 in 2021. The YouTube app gained an animated splash screen in 2023, and now the YouTube Music app is following suit.

The quick loading screen animation went live for YouTube’s TV app in November last year, and it has now started appearing for some users on their favorite Android smartphones.