Google’s Material You design language has been making waves across the tech industry ever since it was announced at I/O 2021. It focuses on personalization, accessibility, and seamless integration across all of the company’s services. Today, I noticed that with the proper flags enabled, my Chromebook Files App has a new coat of paint on […]
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Google Drive, Docs, Sheets and Slides are all receiving a Material You redesign on the web
Anyone utilizing Google Drive or its various sub-apps (Docs, Sheets, or Slides) over the past year will be plenty familiar with their new Material You designs on phones. However, despite the facelift that these apps received on the web and for desktops in the past, they still weren’t as good-looking as their mobile counterparts. Now, […]
Continue ReadingIt’s Google Contacts’ turn to get a Material You widget redesign
Thanks to some excellent detective work done by 9to5Google via their APK Insights report, the latest Google Contacts app has been decompiled, and with it, the latest candidate for a Material You widget redesign has been chosen. In fact, this redesign has been known about for a few months now, but today, we’re seeing more […]
Continue ReadingGoogle Tasks checks “Material You makeover” off of its To-Do list in latest update
You’re probably tired of hearing about Google’s gorgeous, new design language by now, but I’m not. A slew of Google products, services, and apps are now rocking the look that centers its theming elements around you (hence the name), and we see more join their ranks every day. In the latest update I received for […]
Continue ReadingGoogle TV for Android is the next app set to receive a Material You home screen widget
In version 4.38.7.4 of the Google TV for Android, it’s been discovered by 9to5Google that the app is now appearing in the system’s widgets list as an available option for your device’s home screen. You may remember that YouTube just got its very own “MY” widget back in December just in time for Christmas and […]
Continue ReadingChromebook Material You Quick Settings to get a feature Android phones don’t yet have
The evolution of Google’s Material You design language on Chromebooks is continuing with a new adjustment to the Quick Settings area in the system tray, and it looks pretty awesome. This long-requested feature on Android phones has multiple quick settings buttons forced into smaller spaces to save room and make navigating them a bit easier. […]
Continue ReadingChromeOS to receive Android 13 style Themed Icons as a part of the Material You redesign
Google is on a roll with its Material You design language. The beautiful, new visual elements are invading every aspect of the company’s ecosystem, and I’ve written ad nauseam about where it appears, so I’ll spare you the details this time around. Essentially, you’ll be hard-pressed to visit any Google app or service without finding […]
Continue ReadingChromeOS adds Material You volume sliders, quick setting tiles, and separates notifications [Canary]
Google has been absolutely crushing it with its Material You redesign efforts across all of its apps, services, and products lately. On top of the growing list of updates it’s pushed out over the past year in this space, it also just revamped its web-based account switcher to utilize Material designs as well. You may […]
Continue ReadingGoogle’s web-based account switcher just got a Material You redesign
Material You, for those who have not already become tired of hearing the term, is Google’s new design language which has quickly taken over its apps and services. From its Android widgets to Google TV, ChromeOS, Collections, Nearby Share, Chrome, the Play Store, Gmail, Google News, and nearly every other user experience in its ecosystem, […]
Continue ReadingGoogle’s Material You custom theme colors are on the way for Chromebooks
The advent of Google’s Material You design language on Chromebooks has been a slow process. Our own Michael Perrigo mocked up what Material You on Chromebooks would likely look like over a year and a half ago, so the idea of it isn’t new at all. Slowly over time, Google has added small bits and […]
Continue Reading‘Material You’ tube: A stylish, new widget is officially available for your Android phone
Material You all the things! If you’ve been reading our coverage for any length of time, then you’ll notice that pretty much everything Google owns from apps to services and so on have all been slowly updated to match the company’s new, more personalized design language. Material You intelligently adapts based on the wallpaper and […]
Continue ReadingGoogle TV for Android receives a Material You redesign, but we’re still missing a light mode
Upon waking up this morning and checking the Google TV app for Christmas movies to watch with the family (don’t judge me, I’m not that early!), I realized that some of its UI elements had adopted Google’s fancy Material You design language. Thinking I may have been imagining it and that this had been present […]
Continue ReadingFirst Look: ChromeOS quick settings Material You redesign appears, looks just as we predicted
Material You – Google’s gorgeous, personal design language – is getting a ton of attention at the company now that the foundation for a full makeover across its apps and services has been laid. From Nearby Share, the Chrome browser’s New Tab Page, the Play Store, ChromeOS, and even most recently, Google Collections, Google is […]
Continue ReadingGoogle Collections gets Material You update, fixes mobile loading, adds notes, custom links, more
It seems like only yesterday that I was complaining about how Google Collections wouldn’t load on my Android device no matter what I did. It was busted on Google’s end, and no amount of troubleshooting or talking to support helped the situation. If you don’t have a clue what Collections are, I don’t blame you. […]
Continue ReadingGoogle is adding more Material You touches to Nearby Share
Ever since Nearby Share arrived on Chromebooks back with version 91 and on Android in mid-2020, Google’s answer to Apple’s Airdrop has become perhaps one of the most important features that exists right now as part of the Google Ecosystem. Nearby Share has gone through several iterations and updates. Most recently, it is making its […]
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