Google Calendar is just beginning to roll out M3 Expressive on Android phones and tablets. On Wear OS, Google Calendar’s M3 Expressive Tiles are now widely available.

Following Keep (which we’re now seeing go live on more devices), Google Calendar for Android is beginning to see its Material 3 Expressive redesign go live.

Five months after launching on phones, Google AI Mode is now appearing on Android tablets.

Following the “quick actions” redesign earlier this year, Google Drive for Android has now updated the “Suggested files” widget with M3 Expressive.

Gemini’s updated color branding is continuing to roll out on Android with an updated glow animation for the system-wide overlay.

As AI Mode comes to more users around the world, Google is testing more prominent ways to surface the capability (and Live) on mobile.

Ahead of the new school year, the Gemini app is adding a trio of new tools like Guided Learning, while the free year of Google AI Pro offer is back for college students in several countries. 

The latest Gemini app feature lets you create “personalized, illustrated storybooks complete with read-aloud narration.” 

Google Photos for Android is getting a very prominent and persistent redesign of its backup indicator that leverages Material 3 Expressive.

Ahead of iOS 26 launching this fall, Apple Music for Android is beta testing version 5.0.0 with new features and design tweaks.

In addition to a bigger Charge 6 and tracker/smartwatch updates last week, Fitbit detailed some improvements to sleep tracking.

Back in June, Google introduced three new voices for the upcoming Gemini-Assistant revamp for the Nest Mini and Audio. Ahead of launch, Google has renamed most of them, but they otherwise appear to be the same.

As previewed last November, Google Home for Android is giving the media controller a Material 3 redesign.

After originally planning to have all goo.gl URLs stop working later this month, Google will now “preserve actively used links.”

After previewing at I/O 2025 in May, Google is now rolling out the Gemini 2.5 Deep Think mode to AI Ultra subscribers.

The Google One app on Android is getting a Material 3 Expressive redesign.

The piecemeal beta rollout of M3 Expressive (M3E) in the Google Phone app continues with version 185.

In April, Google began offering changelogs for the Home app on Android and iOS. Release notes for Google Home 3.34, 3.35, and 3.36 are now available.

Google is rolling out a redesign of the Messages app’s Details experience that leverages Material 3 Expressive.

As teased at I/O 2025 in May, NotebookLM is adding Video Overviews to complement the popular audio podcasts.

After adding Gemini 2.5 Pro, Google is updating AI Mode with four big features across Search Live (video with Google Lens access), Canvas, and more.

The monthly “Google System Release Notes” primarily detail what’s new in Play services, Play Store, and Play system update across Android phones/tablets, Wear OS, Google/Android TV, Auto, and PC. Some features apply to end users, while others are aimed at developers.