Material Design

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.

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

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

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.

Like on Android phones, Google Messages is testing a straightforward M3 Expressive redesign on Wear OS.

Following the updated widget in April and changes to the FAB earlier this year, Google Keep for Android is rolling out a Material 3 Expressive redesign.

Like on Android, the Phone by Google app is getting a M3 Expressive redesign on Wear OS.

The M3 Expressive rollout continues today with more of the Android 16 QPR1 system UI getting refreshed, including the Privacy dashboard and app permission prompts.

Google Wallet is the latest first-party app to get a Material 3 Expressive redesign on Android in a simple modernization.

Following the initial rollout for some beta users last week, Google shared more details about the Phone app’s upcoming Material 3 Expressive redesign, including a big revamp of bottom bar navigation.

Google Meet is joining Gmail, Messages, and Phone in getting Material 3 Expressive, though it’s a slightly smaller — ironically — redesign than Google’s other communication apps.

The Phone by Google app is getting an all-encompassing Material 3 Expressive redesign that also adds “Horizontal swipe” or “Single tap” options for answering calls. Like Google Messages, this is beginning to roll out to the beta channel.

Google Maps is beta testing a Material 3 Expressive redesign of its watch app ahead of Wear OS 6.

After debuting in the conversation view earlier this week, Material 3 Expressive is coming to more parts of Google Messages beta, including the media viewer and search experience.

More Google Messages beta users now have the Material 3 Expressive redesign of the chat interface, while it’s also beginning to appear on the app’s homepage.

Following Gmail for some users and Photos, Google Messages is beginning to roll out a Material 3 Expressive redesign of just the chat interface.

Google teased Material 3 Expressive for Photos last month, and one part of it — a redesign of the albums view — is now live on Android. QR code sharing for albums is also now available following last week’s announcement.

Material 3 Expressive was officially unveiled last week at The Android Show, with Google releasing guidance at that time. At I/O 2025, we had a “Build next-level UX with Material 3 Expressive” session with another tease at upcoming Google app redesigns, like Fitbit.

With Android 16 QPR1 Beta 1, Google is redesigning Quick Settings on Pixel with resizable tiles and a background blur.