Back in May, Google unveiled Material 3 Expressive — the next evolution of Material You. While it’s not fully rolled out yet, we’re starting to see glimpses of its big, bold, and colorful design in a few Google apps. So ahead of its Q4 release, here’s a look at what this vibrant redesign is bringing.
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Timestamps:
00:00 – The future is bold & bright for Pixel
00:41 – When will we see Material 3 Expressive?
01:12 – Quick Settings Tiles
01:45 – New Gemini UI
02:37 – Settings are more colorful
03:17 – Google Drive
03:50 – Google One
04:03 – Brand new Phone UI
05:06 – Messages refresh
05:20 – New Google Photos
05:33 – At A Glance is changing
06:18 – Google’s best feature is getting better
07:29 – Your thoughts?
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My REDMAGIC pro 9 has that swipe left and right to phone calls. That's not new. But I do like how the phone turns to hang up that's cute
When is the complete version of this releasing? Why are they doing minor updates for some apps at a time? It’s ridiculous just release everything at once
That pixel 9 pro fold looking nice 😅
Watching from Brazil
Do you listen to Indian songs? 7:04
I hope they revert the brightness slider back, idk why they made it so skinny and rectangular for
STOP REDISIGNING SHIT YEAR AFTER YEAR FOR NO REASON LOL
This is gonna be fire for people who spend 60% of their phone time in settings ðŸ˜ðŸ˜
The pixel 9a looks so sleek. Ugh
oh, it's BAD bad… yikes
Yeah the phone UI change kind of screwed me all up the first couple of calls because it updated and I didn't pay attention but I am running the current beta myself.
can I just change the wallpaper on google messages literally the only reason I still use samsung messages
I'm pretty sure gboard's themes will stay the same,7 year old crap
Samsung already has the now bar
If I wanted phone to have bigger, more colorful buttons I'd get a phone for the kindergarten level kid. I want some consistency, something more professional looking, not a damn toy for toddlers.
You say "Apple Music, if you use that with your Android phone" like no one does lol.
I certainly do. YouTube Music is a hot mess, I've tried switching 3 or 4 times now and Apple Music quality is top notch.
1:21 Why aren't the shapes even the same? Sometimes they have rounded edges, sometimes they don't.
4:27
The call screen was one of the main things I wanted them to start changing, whenever I got a call on my Android it always looked so boring, but now since it's planning on changing, I like it a lot more now, than I did before
You know, I am switching to IPhone 15 Pro Max, but if I ever end up breaking mine, I just might go for a Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold!!! That phone is awesome, and with this mega change with Material 3 Expressive, I feel like it's going to be a massive change in what we are all used to with the regular Android experience
1. Hate rounded corner 2. Hate bloated empty spaces between text and buttons 3. Material design (kitkat, lolipop) was better from ergonomic point of view on small screen (more information, text end functional elements on smaller screen) diagonal or resolution.
HATE, HATE THEM ALL
Looks great in docs and on a paper, but Google Drive, Google One, Glance Gemini look weird tbh. Why they make same folder icons bigger but text which actually matters – smaller? Why they don't group those floating buttons instead of making aquarium of buttons on screen (same on Gemini)? On Google One app I can't actually say which design is old and which is new without help. Glance widget is very bad. Why It even has to be transparent instead of being colorful? Why text looks like It was placed randomly even if It doesn't?
I understand It's still an early beta, but for me It looks like Google will ruin their own design revolution before It would be released. Sadly, after tons of hype on It, It already starts to look old.
It looks like a downgrade from the current design for me
Looks a bit sub-optimal to me. I hate wasted space. IDK why you would buy a 1440p phone then have the UI looking like it's 540P. I hope it scales down well.
The colour pallet looks like something from a barbie phone 😅
Just copying iPhone really
honestly google cooked with the whole 9 series
Wow I'm really not a fan of that now playing redesign. That album artwork colour scheme could clash with my wallpaper… I liked that it was just a small bit of text at the bottom of the screen that I could simply glance at…
Still no nfc or peer to peer phone transfers . Sucks
Dude, compare that to iOS 26… this looks horrendous 😂 I’ll stay with my iPhone and iOS26 😅 this looks outdated
i really just hope they fix the keyboard bug that prevents me from swiping to close apps.
Big fan of the design, but I'm also a sucker for glassmorphism, so I am a little jealous of iOS 26.
Love it and I'm on the beta now
I hate they banned Gemini in some countries. What a joke.
It looks ugly to be honest
These design changes are so minimal. I miss the days when a new version of Android brought really innovative features.
I am on material 3 expressive beta, but it doesn’t feel like a whole new look. Overhauls don’t exist anymore. Or probably it’s beta.
Why wouldn't one use Apple Music on an Android phone? It's about the music, not about being in some kind of childish team.
I guess it will be few more years before they bring back big media player buttons on lock screen. I just want a simple big pause/play media player buttons on lock screen like iPhone, but it seems this is a lost art to Android teams.
6:47 I hope they let us choose the old style because 99% of the time I don’t care about the song playing
One thing I hate with the latest Android update was the remapping of the power button to be for Google Gemini.
Please change notification bubbles. Apple bubbles are superior
Instead removing At a Glance, Google makes is uglier.😢
This is terrible, now I'm thinking about returning pixel 9 I bought few days ago. I don't like this new android it looks awful..
I really wish we getting the always on display wallpapers like the one on samsung and honor phones…thats just so simple!
I love how this new version is more colorful and has more animations vs other versions. Im an iPhone user but so far I'm liking so much more Material 3e in comparison to Liquid Glass ðŸ˜
>bold
>look at thumbnail
>its literally imessage
I just love the way this guy talks and seems passionate.
it doesn't feel like those text gurus who always compare, compare, compare. like I'm just looking for information for what I searched for I didn't ask you to compare it with other stuff.
I really enjoyed your video, thank you!