Google’s Material You is finally getting an update everyone has been asking for – the ability to pick custom colors, as showcased in a new leak.
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Google has announced an incoming redesign for Android Auto that, while not a major leap forward, improves support for car displays, brings in a bit of Material 3 Expressive, and supports widgets.
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The Workspace team is finally getting around to updating the Google Tasks widget on Android with Material 3 Expressive.
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Device information app Inware is getting a major update this week, with its 7.0 update delivering a Material 3 Expressive makeover and some new features as well.
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Google is giving Chrome for Android more Material 3 Expressive with a redesign of the Settings page.
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As Fitbit continues to preview its personal health coach, the redesigned app is getting interface tweaks that swap out a key Material 3 Expressive component.
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Material 3 Expressive’s short bottom bar is now available in Pixel Journal as AI features come to the Pixel 9 series.
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As we wait for the broader redesign, Gboard for Android is getting a nice quality-of-life improvement with the “auto-switch after apostrophes” shortcut.
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The web app launcher available in the vast majority of Google apps online is getting a redesign with Material 3 Expressive. It follows the last Material You update in 2023.
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Phone by Google is now fully compliant with Material 3 Expressive after shrinking its bottom bar.
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Google Meet is joining Drive for Android this month in adopting more Material 3 Expressive. Like other Workspace services, the video calling app now has a search app bar.
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Google has updated Gmail for Android’s homescreen widget with Material 3 Expressive tweaks.
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Gboard for Android is slowly getting M3 Expressive, but the shortcuts page redesign comes at the expense of density.
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Last year, Google Drive’s Material 3 Expressive redesign rolled out in a piecemeal fashion and saw one aspect revert. The full revamp with the container component is now available.
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Zooming out, it’s amusing that Apple and Google both chose 2025 to overhaul the design language of their operating systems. Android’s Material 3 Expressive redesign has been well received, but I want to focus on the updates to Google apps.
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Google appears to be working on more Android Auto updates, including potential support for Cast and a redesign of the music player to go with Material 3 Expressive.
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Following the editor updates in August, the Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides homepages are now getting a Material 3 Expressive redesign.
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Material 3 Expressive switched back to a shorter bottom bar, but not all apps — like Google Home — adopted that at launch. That has now changed.
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Google today is celebrating the 15th birthday of Play Books. The service started as “Google eBooks” on December 6, 2010.
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Besides announcing Call Reason this week, Phone by Google is testing a shorter bottom bar to comply with Material 3 Expressive.
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Following the Android version in June, the Google Account page on the web has been redesigned and simplified with Material 3 Expressive elements.
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Following the initial wave of Material 3 Expressive, Google is working to redesign the remaining components to the latest design language, and menus are up this month.
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Google announced its new design language in May. Material 3 Expressive redesigns have been rolling out to Google apps since then, but the Pixel 10 and Android 16 QPR1 launch really kicked things off. Here’s our list of what’s available and still to come on Android phones.
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Besides the AI-powered coach, the Fitbit redesign introduces Material 3 Expressive to the Android app.
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