Survey reveals people are deeply split over Android’s Material 3 Expressive design

We recently uncovered Google’s work on a major visual overhaul of Android . The company is giving Android a fresh coat of paint using the Material 3 Expressive design language. This overhaul entails copious use of blurred backgrounds, a tweaked notification shade/quick settings panel, and plenty of smaller tweaks. We wondered what readers thought about these changes and posted a poll in our related articles. Here’s what you told us. Over 7,000 votes were counted in this poll, and 34.4% of surveyed Android Authority readers said they loved this change. Oddly enough, only a few comments wholeheartedly praised these changes, such as this one from Mossien Awadh: I love it! I think it looks very refreshing and modern and sorta catches up with the competition but in Google’s very own way 👍 Reader jon95kent also declared his love for the new look: I love it! This is the change we’ve been awaiting since Android 13. Finally, AOSP and Pixels are gonna look as polished as literally every ot ... Read full article.