Android is getting a new look with Google's Material 3 Expressive

In a nutshell: Google is rumored to unveil its Material 3 Expressive design language at its I/O developer conference later this month. A recent tipster leak gave us our first glimpse of the redesigned UI, revealing some of its key elements. Then on Monday, Google unexpectedly published – then deleted – an official blog post detailing various aspects of the new design language. The article, which is still accessible via the Wayback Machine, describes what Google calls its "most-researched" update to a design language. According to the company, Material 3 Expressive (M3E) was the result of a collaborative effort among its research, design, and engineering teams, aimed at creating a user experience that resonates "on an emotional level." Largely an updated iteration of Material You (also known as Material 3) which debuted in 2021, M3E emphasizes color, shape, size, motion, and containment to make the user interface easier to navigate. To that end, Google introduced larger buttons, high- ... Read full article.