Gmail for Android’s Material 3 Expressive redesign continues with a new search app bar, while the “Mark as read” action in notifications is now widely rolling out.

Similar to the iPhone, the Google Phone and Contacts apps are introducing customizable “calling cards” that some beta users are beginning to see.

Following Messages and Phone, Google Contacts is getting Material 3 Expressive with a fairly straightforward redesign that is now widely rolling out.

Google’s Tab Group tweaks continue with Chrome 139 for Android, which also makes a handful of other small changes across the browser.

With how often trip-planning appears as a Gemini demo at various keynotes and developer conferences, it seemed like only a matter of time before Google Flights got some AI attention itself. Today, Google’s announcing an expansion of Flights to include AI-based cost-saving measures, but you’ll need to be pretty easy-going in your travel plans to use it.

The Gemini app is widely rolling out a pair of big quality-of-life improvements on Android with search and direct copying.

Alongside the app, Google Wallet’s NFC tap-to-pay animation is getting a M3 Expressive redesign.

Pixel phones are getting a new card carousel overlay when you launch Google Wallet with a double-tap of the power button.

Google Messages for Android has now rolled out Sensitive Content Warnings that blur nude images.

After starting last month, Google is widely rolling out a Gemini homepage redesign on the web that introduces a Tools menu.

Google’s goal is to build a “personal, proactive, and powerful assistant,” and Gemini is accomplishing that first tentpole today with “personal context.” The Gemini app is also getting a Temporary Chat capability.

Amidst the Material 3 Expressive rollout, Google Keep for Android is rolling out “Sort by” options in a nice quality-of-life improvement.

Google Home is testing a new automation editor that adds “flexibility and convenience to control your smart home with a refreshed look.”

As mentioned in the release notes for Google Play services earlier this month, Gboard is adding the ability to browse “Autofill with Google.”

After introducing the four-color glow, Google is beginning to roll out the next redesign of the Gemini overlay on Android.

After testing in June, Google Search is now rolling out the ability to set your “Preferred Sources” for a more personalized Top Stories carousel in the US and India.

This round, Google Home has released two release notes — version 3.37 and 3.38 — simultaneously with a focus on camera updates. This follows the last drop in late July.

Google Pay is getting a handful of updates today centered around Chrome autofill, like expanded card benefit details.

Google announced with the Find Hub rebrand that the Moto Tag would start getting the UWB (ultra-wideband) nearby finding update in May. The actual rollout started a month later, with wide availability now here. 

Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides are the latest first-party apps to get various Material 3 Expressive tweaks.

After starting in late June, Gemini Live on Android and iOS is now widely rolling out the ability to access Google apps like Keep and Tasks in real-time conversations.

In the past few weeks or so, Google Wallet app on Android now requires that you grant the location permission to get “detailed receipts” with addresses and maps.

Gemini’s switch from a blue-purple palette to the four Google colors on Android is now largely complete (with one small exception) following an update to the overlay.

Google has updated Android’s battery notification for headphones and earbuds to be a bit more glanceable.