In my merge proposal I'm going to make the blurred background used on the Now Playing page smaller. That should help you a bit.
One thing you'll need to fix, or I'll need to work around temporarily, is that if the user switches to the "full view" and hits back, the tool bar is hidden when it shouldn't be.
This is how the changes look on a Nexus 4: http:// i.imgur. com/Olz9OIT. png
In my merge proposal I'm going to make the blurred background used on the Now Playing page smaller. That should help you a bit.
One thing you'll need to fix, or I'll need to work around temporarily, is that if the user switches to the "full view" and hits back, the tool bar is hidden when it shouldn't be.