Google unveils major Android redesign ahead of iPhone overhaul
- On May 14, 2025, Google hosted an Android Show to introduce the most significant enhancements to its Android OS in several years.
- The update follows extensive research involving 46 studies and over 18,000 participants aimed at improving usability and personalization.
- The update introduces Material 3 Expressive design across Android 16, Wear OS 6, and Google apps, along with enhanced security features and the expanded Gemini AI system.
- Google announced that the software will be released later in 2025, initially on Pixel devices, with additional details to be presented at the Google I/O conference scheduled to begin on May 20 near its headquarters in the San Francisco Bay Area.
- This update sets the stage ahead of Apple's expected iPhone software overhaul preview in June, reflecting ongoing competition between the two companies.
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Google unveils big Android redesign ahead of iPhone overhaul
By Vlad Savov | Bloomberg Google unveiled the biggest update to its Android mobile operating system in years, weeks before its biggest competitor in the space, Apple, is expected to give a preview of its overhauled iPhone software. The Alphabet unit is rolling out a new, bolder design language — called Material 3 Expressive — that spans the entire Android operating system as well as Google’s own apps like Gmail, it said in a blog post on Tuesday…
Pixel devices are about to get more animated with Material 3 Expressive updates
Your Google Pixel phone's interface is about to look a little different in the near future.During The Android Show event on Tuesday, May 13, Google officially revealed Material 3 Expressive, a new look for its user interface that will launch with Android 16 later this year. As a name, Material 3 Expressive does leave something to be desired (its predecessor was called Material You design), but the update itself looks impressive enough. Whereas p…
Google goes maximalist with its new Material Design kit
Eleven years after Google first announced its grand unifying theory of design—Material Design—it’s introducing its third major revision to the system.Called Material 3 Expressive, the company will tell you that it is its most “researched update” ever, promising to help people find what they’re looking for on the screen faster than before. But it’s also the company’s most maximalist design system to date. Still enabling quieter minimalist designs…
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