Material Design Stories March 22
Following last month’s announcement, Google Translate for iPhone has received a Material You redesign.
Material Design Stories March 9
Following Messages, Google TV, and Google Search, the Play Store is the latest app to get a Material You Google Account switcher.
Material Design Stories February 23
While the mobile Workspace apps were quickly updated alongside Android 12’s Pixel launch in fall of 2021, it took much longer for Material Design 3 to arrive on the web. Following the Gmail redesign last year, Material You is coming next to Google Drive, Docs, Sheets, and Slides.
Material Design Stories February 15
The GPay app, which was once the future of Google’s payments strategy, is still available for users in three countries and is getting some Material You tweaks.
Material Design Stories February 8
While the Find My Device app on Android gets the occasional update, Google has not revamped its UI in several years. That’s now changing with a big Material You redesign for Find My Device that also includes a dark theme.
Material Design Stories January 26
Last November, we previewed a Material You redesign of the Google app, and it’s now rolling out on Android.
Material Design Stories January 24
Back in September, Google started testing an “Omnibox Modernize Visual Update” to revamp a core part of the mobile browser. Chrome for Android is now rolling out a Material You address bar redesign that adds more Dynamic Color.
Material Design Stories January 20
After debuting in Messages on Android, the Google Account switcher on the web is getting a Material You redesign.
Material Design Stories January 6
Back in September, Google started updating the account switcher found in the top-right corner of all its Android apps, and it’s now getting more Material You and Dynamic Color.
Material Design Stories December 20, 2022
Google’s biggest apps already feature the main elements of Material You but additional aspects are now making their way through, with Docs, Sheets, and Slides using the new toggle design.
Material Design Stories December 5, 2022
In addition to the set of updates previewed last week, the Google TV app is getting a Material You redesign on Android.
Material Design Stories December 2, 2022
The Material Design team has an interesting blog post into what it calls the “24-hour Clock Design Challenge” that chronicles Google’s work creating a time picker for those that use a 24-hour format clock on their Android devices.
Material Design Stories November 16, 2022
While Search results and the Discover feed are visually tweaked from time to time, other parts of the Google app are often slow to change. Fortunately, Google is now working on a Material You redesign of the Search app.
Material Design Stories November 9, 2022
While we wait for YouTube’s to go back live, Google Contacts is in the process of getting a new Android widget that lets you more prominently place a person on your homescreen.
Material Design Stories October 24, 2022
At the Android Dev Summit, Google announced the latest improvements to Jetpack Compose including stable Material You (Material Design 3) components, Android TV apps, and a lot more.
Material Design Stories October 18, 2022
Play around with Material Design 3 in full on Google’s updated design ‘textbook’
Google announced Material You at I/O 2021, and it has since come to the vast majority of its Android apps. On the web, Gmail is the primary example, but you can also demo Material Design 3 on Material.io.
Material Design Stories September 30, 2022
Google Account switcher on Android getting Material You tweaks
One of the most common UI components across first-party Google apps is the account switcher, and it’s picking up more Material You elements.
Material Design Stories September 26, 2022
Material Design Stories September 24, 2022
In recent weeks, YouTube has been testing a redesign of the video screen, and Material You tweaks are now coming to the homepage. The video site is clearly working on a big overhaul of its clients for all platforms.
Material Design Stories September 12, 2022
Last week, Google announced that it was optimizing widgets for Android tablets. The updated Google Drive widget is now rolled out with an interesting circle design that’s new for Material You.
Material Design Stories September 9, 2022
Following Camera for Wear OS last month, Google Keep is rolling out a Material You redesign that modernizes the app and joins its just-added Tile for faster note-taking.
Material Design Stories September 7, 2022
Soon after Gmail received a Material You redesign on Android last year, the bottom bar was shrunk, and Google is now taking things a step further by removing the descriptive labels.
Material Design Stories August 18, 2022
Google lets Pixel owners remote control their camera from a watch. Google Camera 8.6 is now rolling out to Wear OS with a Material You redesign.
Material Design Stories August 12, 2022
Last August, Google rolled out a handful of Material You flourishes to Gboard for Android, and a few more are now coming to the keyboard, including the shortcuts bar.
Material Design Stories August 2, 2022
Google is now more widely rolling out Gmail’s Material You redesign – first announced last month – on the web while also teasing that a tablet revamp is coming later this year.
Material Design Stories July 11, 2022
As we first enabled in March, the Google Play Store is getting more Material You tweaks in the form of new buttons.
Material Design Stories July 7, 2022
At I/O 2022, Google showed off a major Play Store redesign for large screen devices. Until that’s ready, the Play Store on Android tablets and Chromebooks is picking up some Material You flourishes.
Material Design Stories June 28, 2022
Google announced today that Material You is coming to Gmail on the web in a redesign that also addresses complaints about the integrated view overhaul from earlier this year by introducing a “Gmail-only” view.
Material Design Stories May 11, 2022
Ahead of I/O 2022, Google has updated its design documentation with the latest Material 3 components. This follows the initial additions in October.
Material Design Stories May 1, 2022
Following the iOS app in March, Google Translate for Android now has a homescreen widget that follows the latest Material You design language.
Material Design Stories April 21, 2022
After widget tweaks last year, Google Fi has now redesigned its Android app with Material You. It’s a straightforward modernization as the company is nearly finished visually revamping its biggest apps.
In addition to introducing a new logo last year, Google Fonts added support for open source icons. Google’s Material Symbols are now available leveraging variable font technology.
Material Design Stories March 21, 2022
[Update: Beta test] Sync for reddit gets Material You redesign, dual-pane UI for tablets & foldables
Over the years, Sync for reddit has proven to be one of the platform’s best third-party clients by always adopting Google’s latest design language. Sync for reddit’s next big redesign brings Material You and a tablet UI.
Material Design Stories March 15, 2022
At this point, Google’s biggest Android apps have been updated with Material You. Redesigns are widely rolled out, but widget availability varies depending on whether you have a Pixel or Samsung device running Android 12. The following is our running tally of which Google app Material You widgets are available where.
Material Design Stories March 10, 2022
Google TV was a big redesign that replaced the Play Movies & TV app on Android, and it’s now adding a “Highlights” tab that serves as “personalized feed of entertainment news” and getting some Material You flourishes.
Material Design Stories March 9, 2022
Back in December, Google announced new widgets for Photos and YouTube Music. An updated widget featuring Material You for Play Books was also previewed and is now widely rolled out.
Material Design Stories March 6, 2022
Google rolled out a Material You redesign for the Play Store in October, but it really only applied to the homescreen. The Play Store will soon get new Material You buttons throughout the app.
Material Design Stories March 2, 2022
Back in October, Google updated its excellent Recorder app with a redesign. Version 3.5 of Google Recorder is rolling out today with a handful of Material You tweaks and a Quick Settings tile on Pixel.
Material Design Stories February 17, 2022
Dynamic Color is the defining aspect of Google’s new Material You design language. It will be widely adopted on Android, and Google is also open sourcing the Material Color Utilities code library behind the wallpaper-driven dynamic theming for other platforms.
Material Design Stories February 15, 2022
Google explains how Material You balances Dynamic Color with colors predefined by apps
Dynamic Color today is implemented across most first-party Google apps on Android. During the development process, the Material Design team had to reconcile the wallpaper-derived color palette with those that were hard-coded by the application/developer. A recent blog explains the solution Material You arrived at.
Material Design Stories January 20, 2022
Google finds what Material Design app transition users like the most on Android
An interesting – albeit specific – user experience (UX) study from Google’s Material Design team today goes into what transition animation people prefer the most in Android apps.
Material Design Stories December 16, 2021
In its seventh edition, the 2021 Material Design Award winners were announced today. There are three categories this year covering the best dark theme, larger screen adaptations, and use of motion design.
Material Design Stories December 2, 2021
Previewed in October and officially announced yesterday, YouTube Music’s new “Recent Played” widget is now available on Android 12.
Material Design Stories December 1, 2021
Following Gmail last week, Play Books, Google Photos, and YouTube Music are set to get new widgets on Android.
Material Design Stories November 22, 2021
As teased with the launch of Android 12 last month, Gmail is rolling out a new Material You widget that’s quite powerful.
Material Design Stories November 9, 2021
Google Maps gets Material You bottom bar, but no Dynamic Color yet
Recent Material You rollouts have primarily focused on introducing new widgets, like Drive’s Suggested files, or updated widgets, like shapes for Photos. That said, some apps have yet to be redesigned, but Google Maps now has a Material You bottom bar.
Material Design Stories November 3, 2021
As teased in recent weeks, Google Drive now offers a new Material You widget on Android 12 that lets you “quickly access suggested files and search.”
Material Design Stories November 1, 2021
The Google Photos “Your memories” widget introduced in August is set to get a Material You upgrade that will let you customize the shape, just like in the Pixel 6 promo videos.
