The Workspace team is finally getting around to updating the Google Tasks widget on Android with Material 3 Expressive.
Update 6/4: Nearly a month after it started appearing, the Material 3 Expressive redesign of the Google Tasks widget is now widely rolling out. Make sure you’re on version 2026.05.25.x. of the app. If you don’t have the updated widget yet, be sure to Force stop Tasks from App info.
This joins the updated gradient icon, while the iOS application recently gained iOS 26 support. The primary change is the Liquid Glass keyboard, with the rest of the app still on the previous bottom app bar design compared to Android’s FAB (floating action button) approach.
Original 5/6: This tweak starts with the ‘plus’ button in the top-right corner getting placed in a pill-shaped container, like Gmail and Google Drive. The background of this button is themed and better stands out.
Old vs. new
The other change is to the background of the widget in dark mode. Google Tasks picks up proper Dynamic Color theming that allows the widget to better fit in on your homescreen. There are no significant changes to the light theme.
This redesign is rolling out via a server-side update with version 2026.04.27.x of Google Tasks for Android. It’s not yet widely rolled out today and only appearing on one of our devices.
Google Tasks hasn’t had any major updates in recent months, though it’s set for a new icon as we previously reported.
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