Dynamic Color was previously Chrome for Android’s primary expression of Material You, but the New Tab Page (NTP) is now seeing a redesign.
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Following the unveil over two years ago, Google continues to bring Material You to its various apps. There were many updates and redesigns in 2023, but here are the most notable ones.
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Back in August, Google announced a big redesign of Chat that adds Duet AI and other smart features, as well as audio huddles, to the work-focused messaging service. A new homescreen is core to this revamp, with the straightforward web version announced first. Last week, the redesigned mobile client was introduced with a new take on navigation for Google apps.
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Back in September, Google announced a Material You redesign of desktop Chrome that’s now more widely rolling out.
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Google’s biggest apps (Gmail, Drive, Docs, etc.) have been updated with Material You on the web, but it’s not as wide a rollout when compared to Android. The latest example of Material 3 is the Google Pay website.
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If something about Gmail for Android looks slightly different, you are correct. Gmail’s search bar, along with Google Chat’s, is now bigger to comply with the latest Material 3 design guidelines.
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Google is updating the Individual Contact Android widget it introduced earlier this year to bring more Material You flourishes.
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Google is rolling out ChromeOS 117, and it’s a very big update for Chromebooks that adds Material You, as well as other usability enhancements.
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Following last month’s announcement, the Material You redesign of Fitbit for Android and iOS is rolling out starting today.
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After first testing a year ago, Chrome for Android is now rolling out a Material You redesign of the address bar.
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To mark Chrome turning 15 this month, Google announced a Material You redesign for the desktop browser on Mac, Windows, Linux, and ChromeOS.
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The Google Fonts website has been thoroughly updated with a Material 3 redesign that serves as an interesting showcase of the design language on mobile web.
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As part of optimizing phone-sized apps for tablets and foldables, Google replaces the bottom bar for a navigation rail. This puts controls where your hand rests when holding a large screen device, similar to how your thumb has easy access to the bottom edge of a phone, rather than needing a second hand to navigate.
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Google’s work on optimizing first-party apps for Android tablets and foldables continues with an upcoming redesign for Docs, Sheets, and Slides.
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Besides the updated ‘&’ logo, Google today detailed a redesign of Arts & Culture for Android, while marking the occasion with Poem Postcards.
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Following last month’s announcement, Google Calendar for Android is now rolling out a Material You redesign of its two homescreen widgets.
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Following the acquisition and Pixel Watch, Google is now thoroughly redesigning the Fitbit companion app on Android and iOS with Material You.
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Google is readying a big Material You redesign of the Assistant At a Glance widget for Android devices.
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After completing the Tasks migration and introducing tablet optimizations, Google Calendar for Android is next adding Material You widgets.
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The Google Discover feed to the left of the Pixel Launcher is getting a bit more Dynamic Color.
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As teased at I/O 2023 last month, Google Weather is getting a Material You redesign, and it’s appearing first on the Pixel Tablet.
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As announced at the start of this month, Tech News is getting updated Material You widgets that are now rolling out.
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Following the announcement earlier this month, Google Keep has rolled out the Single note Wear OS Tile, while making a few other visual tweaks to the Android app.
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Following the launch of the Pixel Tablet and Fold, a handful of developer sessions at I/O 2023 were focused on how to optimize apps for large screens. At the end of one particular talk, the Material You team gave “a little preview of what [it has] planned for [its] Google Apps on large screen,” like tablets and foldables, in the future.
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