Material Design

In addition to the set of updates previewed last week, the Google TV app is getting a Material You redesign on Android.
Expand Expanding CloseThe Material Design team has an interesting blog post into what it calls the “24-hour Clock Design Challenge” that chronicles Google’s work creating a time picker for those that use a 24-hour format clock on their Android devices.
Expand Expanding CloseWhile Search results and the Discover feed are visually tweaked from time to time, other parts of the Google app are often slow to change. Fortunately, Google is now working on a Material You redesign of the Search app.
Expand Expanding CloseWhile we wait for YouTube’s to go back live, Google Contacts is in the process of getting a new Android widget that lets you more prominently place a person on your homescreen.
Expand Expanding CloseAt the Android Dev Summit, Google announced the latest improvements to Jetpack Compose including stable Material You (Material Design 3) components, Android TV apps, and a lot more.
Expand Expanding CloseGoogle announced Material You at I/O 2021, and it has since come to the vast majority of its Android apps. On the web, Gmail is the primary example, but you can also demo Material Design 3 on Material.io.
Expand Expanding CloseOne of the most common UI components across first-party Google apps is the account switcher, and it’s picking up more Material You elements.
Expand Expanding CloseEarlier this year, YouTube Music redesigned its playlist and album views for tablets, but now it looks to be opting for a different interface on phones as part of a series of tweaks that add Material You buttons across the Android app.
Expand Expanding CloseIn recent weeks, YouTube has been testing a redesign of the video screen, and Material You tweaks are now coming to the homepage. The video site is clearly working on a big overhaul of its clients for all platforms.
Expand Expanding CloseLast week, Google announced that it was optimizing widgets for Android tablets. The updated Google Drive widget is now rolled out with an interesting circle design that’s new for Material You.
Expand Expanding CloseFollowing Camera for Wear OS last month, Google Keep is rolling out a Material You redesign that modernizes the app and joins its just-added Tile for faster note-taking.
Expand Expanding CloseSoon after Gmail received a Material You redesign on Android last year, the bottom bar was shrunk, and Google is now taking things a step further by removing the descriptive labels.
Expand Expanding CloseGoogle lets Pixel owners remote control their camera from a watch. Google Camera 8.6 is now rolling out to Wear OS with a Material You redesign.
Expand Expanding CloseLast August, Google rolled out a handful of Material You flourishes to Gboard for Android, and a few more are now coming to the keyboard, including the shortcuts bar.
Expand Expanding CloseGoogle is now more widely rolling out Gmail’s Material You redesign – first announced last month – on the web while also teasing that a tablet revamp is coming later this year.
Expand Expanding CloseAs we first enabled in March, the Google Play Store is getting more Material You tweaks in the form of new buttons.
Expand Expanding CloseAt I/O 2022, Google showed off a major Play Store redesign for large screen devices. Until that’s ready, the Play Store on Android tablets and Chromebooks is picking up some Material You flourishes.
Expand Expanding CloseGoogle announced today that Material You is coming to Gmail on the web in a redesign that also addresses complaints about the integrated view overhaul from earlier this year by introducing a “Gmail-only” view.
Expand Expanding CloseAhead of I/O 2022, Google has updated its design documentation with the latest Material 3 components. This follows the initial additions in October.
Expand Expanding CloseFollowing the iOS app in March, Google Translate for Android now has a homescreen widget that follows the latest Material You design language.
Expand Expanding CloseAfter widget tweaks last year, Google Fi has now redesigned its Android app with Material You. It’s a straightforward modernization as the company is nearly finished visually revamping its biggest apps.
Expand Expanding CloseIn addition to introducing a new logo last year, Google Fonts added support for open source icons. Google’s Material Symbols are now available leveraging variable font technology.
Expand Expanding CloseOver the years, Sync for reddit has proven to be one of the platform’s best third-party clients by always adopting Google’s latest design language. Sync for reddit’s next big redesign brings Material You and a tablet UI.
Expand Expanding CloseAt this point, Google’s biggest Android apps have been updated with Material You. Redesigns are widely rolled out, but widget availability varies depending on whether you have a Pixel or Samsung device running Android 12. The following is our running tally of which Google app Material You widgets are available where.
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