music UX

I love KEXP . It’s a listener-supported radio station in Seattle. It streams all around the world on its website and mobile app. And they’ve had a really good app for the Apple TV for some time - great to stream in the house at a high volume!  And I’ve reviewed them before here . Oh, and also here .  They recently released an excellent new version of the app for Apple TV. And although it doesn’t introduce a lot of new features, it’s way more visually engaging and maximizes the screen real estate much better than before. Here are some of the major changes... Additional, prominent functionality- Archive (stream any show from the past) and streaming Settings The old version had a lot of wasted, unused screen real estate while the new version makes more efficient use of the screen New, large, colorful tiles along the bottom represent each song played in chronological order You can scroll left and right to see history of songs played (much further back in history than before) Larger album

Sometimes conveying the meaning of an icon is hard, especially when the meaning isn't just one thing but two things. In the case of Google Events, they use an intuitive bookmark icon to let users save an upcoming concert. That's one thing - but what's the benefit or impact of saving the event in the first place? That's a challenge to get across without supplementing the experience with something else.  Several months ago, we were planning to see Luna at Lincoln Hall. After doing a search for the show, I found a list of upcoming Luna shows. We weren't sure which date would work, so we saved a few. After tapping the hollow bookmark icon, it filled with color (an ubiquitous, best practice for an on/off toggle to provide visual feedback).  But on top of that, Google displayed a snackbar (a pattern from Material Design) in the bottom right of the screen to tell us the benefit - 'You'll get reminders and updates about this event'. Finally, in the snackbar, the