Material 3 Expressive’s approach to dynamic app color is sounding better and better

Google TL;DR Material 3 Expressive is coming later this year to refresh Android’s look. Google’s already been previewing those changes through announcements at I/O 2025, as well as its Android 16 QPR1 Beta 1. When Material 3 Expressive finally rolls out, existing apps using dynamic color theming will automatically be able to use the enhanced palettes. Google’s latest Material 3 Expressive design language is coming to give your Android device a fresh new look, and with the release of Android 16 QPR1 Beta 1, users are already getting an early taste of those big changes. Even if you’re not ready to test out that in-development release, though, there’s still plenty to check out, and we’ve already seen lots of previews of what to expect as apps start responding to Google’s changes. This week at I/O 2025, we’re learning a bit more about how this colorful upgrade is coming to our phones. So far, a lot of the big components of Material 3 Expressive’s changes have felt centered around shap ... Read full article.