Google rolling out Material 3 redesign of Gmail for iPhone

After testing earlier this year, Google is now widely rolling out a Material 3 redesign of Gmail on iPhone and iPad. While the design language is widely available in Google’s Android and web apps, iOS adoption has been much slower. In Gmail, it starts with a pill-shaped search bar replacing the rounded rectangle. The bottom bar, if you have the integrated Google Chat and/or Meet experience enabled, identifies your current tab with another pill instead of highlighting the icon. Old vs. new Advertisement - scroll for more content The “Compose” button is now a rounded rectangle. Blue is used as the accent color throughout the application, with red being mostly retired. Gmail’s navigation drawer with your folders and labels is unchanged. In the message view, one tweak sees the three-dot overflow icon go horizontal. This “refreshed look and feel” is meant to match the Android and web experience. We’re seeing this Material 3 redesign rolled out with version 6.0.250413 of Gmail for iPh ... Read full article.