Material 3 Expressive

Following the initial rollout, Google apps have been adding to or refining their Material 3 Expressive redesigns. Google Drive might now be toning down one aspect of M3 Expressive.

As part of the upcoming M3 Expressive redesign, Google Clock for Wear OS has new app icons for Alarm, Stopwatch, and Timer. 

Since the Pixel 10 and Android 16 launch, the pace of M3 Expressive updates has slowed down, but Google Maps is readying some tweaks.

Welcome to episode 68 of Pixelated, a podcast by NewGeekGuide. This week, Abner, Damien, and Will break down their feelings towards Material 3 Expressive now that Android 16 QPR1 is finally out in the wild. Is this the best Android has ever looked? Will Samsung follow Google’s Material 3 Expressive rather than rushing towards a Liquid Glass-esque reality? Do we spend a large chunk of this episode breaking down how we’ve laid out our quick settings menus? That last one has an easy answer: you bet we do.

Subscribe

• YouTube Podcasts
• Pocket Casts
• Spotify
• Apple Podcasts
• Overcast

After the initial wave of M3 Expressive, the Gmail for Android redesign continues by placing each email in a container.

In addition to the broader Material 3 Expressive update, Google Drive is redesigning the editor you get after using the document scanner.

The Google Chrome interface has remained remarkably consistent over the years, and the Android browser is now getting Material 3 Expressive tweaks to match other first-party apps.

Google Drive started rolling out Material 3 Expressive earlier this month, with the redesign’s wider availability accompanied by a few more components.

Google Clock 8.1 is now widely rolling out with a Material 3 Expressive redesign. Meanwhile, the last remaining Pixel apps are also getting their revamps.

The Google Messages redesign started widely rolling out to the stable channel last week, and Material 3 Expressive is now available on the actual chat screen.

Google has been updating various Android Settings pages with Material 3 Expressive, and the “Backup” redesign brings a rather drastic simplification.

Gmail was one of the first apps to start testing Material 3 Expressive in June and the redesign is now widely rolling out.

For Pixel owners, today is a big day for Material 3 Expressive redesigns with wide rollouts for Weather, Studio, My Pixel, Buds, and VIPs, while Calculator is also seeing full availability.

With version 2.0, Pixel Studio is now out of “Preview” and adds a versatile image editor that can replace the existing Markup tool.

The Google TV app is rolling out a new update on Android that delivers a Material 3 Expressive redesign that also causes some problems for the phone-based remote.

Google is rolling out a Material 3 Expressive redesign that tries to really simplify Pixel Recorder. It comes as the Pixel 10 series debuts a new music creator.

Following Calculator, Google is rolling out a Material 3 Expressive redesign for Android’s Clock app.

Google is rolling out an update to Pixel Weather on older phones that finally brings homescreen widgets into the app.

Ahead of the big Pixel Buds Pro 2 update next month and Pixel Buds 2a in October, Google is giving the companion app a M3 Expressive redesign with the Equalizer interface getting a nice modernization.

Google Calculator is getting a Material 3 Expressive redesign that moves some elements around.

After the redesign started rolling out last month, Material 3 Expressive is now widely available for Google Keep on Android.