While Google has generally been moving away from navigation drawers on Android, they still exist in several big apps. Nav drawers definitely have their place, but I wish first-party applications implemented them in a much more consistent manner.
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Google is rolling out a number of updates to Chrome 126 on Android and iOS, including a Material You redesign of the address bar on tablets.
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Google is “no longer actively staffing” Material Web Components (MWC) and has “reassigned the engineers working” on it.
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Since the big revamp last September, Fitbit has been updating more and more of the mobile app. The latest example is a Material You redesign of Fitbit app settings on Android.
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Material 3 is slowly making its way to Google’s first-party web apps, with Photos being the latest example.
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Google is rolling out a pair of updates to Meet, starting with Material 3 on the web client. Then there’s support for third-party add-ons in Google Meet on Android.
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On Android, the Google Password Manager powered by Play services is getting a small Material You redesign.
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Back in March, Google’s announcement about the latest Maps travel features included a mention of how the app is getting a “cleaner home screen.” At I/O 2024, we get a glimpse at the new Google Maps bottom bar.
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As teased last May, Google Photos for Android is now using the animated Material You carousel for Memories.
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ChromeOS 124 is currently in beta, and it introduces a Settings app redesign that leverages Material You and looks a lot like the Android Settings app on tablets.
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Earlier this year, Google Chat introduced a floating bottom bar, and Google Keep for Android is following suit.
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Google is finally rolling out a straightforward Material You redesign of Play Books for Android. It follows the new icon introduced last year, with the app rarely seeing updates.
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While we’re waiting for the audio recorder redesign with noise cancellation and Voice Moods to become available, Google Messages has updated the playback UI to make use of the new Material 3 slider.
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As we previously spotted, Google Messages is beginning to roll out a new in-app contacts page with a touch of Material You.
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Google Translate has rolled out a redesign of the Conversation experience that can “automatically detect and translate languages as you converse.”
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In addition to new progress bars, Material You has redesigned sliders that are thicker and should be easier to interact with.
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Google’s refinement of Material You components continues with an updated design for progress bars.
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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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