With the news that Google’s beautiful, new design language – Material You – just appeared on Chromebooks, I’m getting more excited about the added personalization options for Chromebooks. The company has gone one step further than simply prepping its web apps and operating system for dark mode, and that means it took a lot longer […]
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Material You for Chromebooks just showed up in the Canary channel, and it’s beautiful
Wow – just wow. Back when I created my Material You for ChromeOS mock-up from scratch to show what the operating system could and probably would look like, I had no idea that we would actually get it. I also didn’t realize how accurate my mock-up would end up being. Over on Reddit today, the […]
Continue ReadingPixel Camera gets Material You and Speech Enhancement update
The Google Camera app is getting a brand new update that introduces some Material You touches and, on the Pixel 6 and 6 Pro, enables “Speech enhancement” for the rear camera. As noted by 9to5Google, the update, version 8.6, is rolling out but is not yet widely available via the Play Store. The Material You […]
Continue ReadingPlay Store might be getting a new logo, Material You in tablets and Chromebooks
The last time Google changed its Play icon was back in 2016 when its signature interlocking triangles took on a new brighter look. However, six years later, The Google Play store and its icon remained largely untouched, donning its outdated UI and icon. At the same time, the rest of the apps in the Google […]
Continue ReadingGmail for the web begins rolling out Material You redesign, option to disable Integrated view
Google stated back in February that it would give Gmail for the web a complete Material You overhaul. At first, however, it only received its much anticipated “Integrated” view, which placed Mail, Chat, Spaces, and Meet along the left-hand sidebar as icons instead of them being completely separate widgets in the sidebar itself. Clicking these […]
Continue ReadingGoogle News Material You redesign officially goes live for everyone
We recently discovered an early preview of the revamped Google News Material You redesign for the web, and it’s gorgeous! It features an entirely new layout, brighter colors, and more horizontal reading space. Now, in an official Keyword blog post marking the 20th anniversary of the service, Google reveals that it’s rolling this all out […]
Continue ReadingMaterial You should still be coming to ChromeOS, even if it is a little way off
Over the years and since the Peeking Launcher and subsequently, the Productivity Launcher have, well, launched, ChromeOS has factored in a slight tinge of the user’s wallpaper into the UI color. It’s subtle and easy to miss, but it’s given us a hint at where Google wants to take the visual design of its operating […]
Continue ReadingThe Chromebook virtual keyboard is getting a Material You makeover
It’s been quite some time since the look of the built-in ChromeOS virtual keyboard got a new look. Back in 2020, Google gave it an overhaul and made it decidedly more Gboard-esque, but little has changed since then. Two years later, it seems they are ready to try out a fresher, more Material You look […]
Continue ReadingThe Google News Progressive Web App is getting a massive Material You redesign to match mobile
You may have been wondering why all of Google’s apps have been receiving Material You redesigns while the Google News app remains boring and old school (the current design is still really nice). In recent memory, the “For you” tab has rethought its layout, using Google’s bold, new font, and playfully colored headings, but just […]
Continue ReadingAndroid’s Google Translate widgets get Material You makeover
Last week, Google announced via Twitter the debut of a new Translate widget on Android that adopts the “Material You” aesthetic. Unfortunately, when this was announced, the feature had not rolled out widely yet, so we could only discern what it would look like based on Google’s tweet and some of the pictures shared by […]
Continue ReadingThe Google Fi Android app is getting a slight Material You redesign
Discovered in version 60 of the app on Android, Google Fi is receiving somewhat of a Material You redesign. It’s nothing major, but it does place the ageing app in line with the rest of Google’s revamped offerings. For those of you unaware, Material You is Google’s design language which was introduced in Android 12 […]
Continue ReadingMaterial You style dialer starts rolling out to Google Phone app
The Google Phone app, which is the default dialer on Pixel phones, has, for the most part, maintained the same look throughout the “Material You” overhaul of the Android UI. However, it looks like this is about to change. 9to5Google is reporting that a new “Material You” style dialer is rolling out to some users […]
Continue ReadingGoogle TV adds news snippets about your favorite shows and gets a Material You update
Google TV’s redesign from Google Play Movies & TV came at a cost depending on who you ask. Sure, it has a fantastic interface and really modernizes the aging platform, but the web interface was completely deprecated in the process. Google’s Kaleidoscope project could have seen it return, but that was nixed too. Today, Google […]
Continue ReadingGmail on the web is getting a massive visual overhaul complete with Material You
A while back, we covered a fairly standard Workspace update blog post from Google. Inside of that blog post though, was something that flew completely under the radar. Google purposely dropped a single image of a completely revamped Gmail interface and chose not to say anything about it. Despite this, it’s been eating away at […]
Continue ReadingGoogle Image search for mobile gains colorful Material You overhaul
Material You is Google’s very own theming engine that allows you to make its services your very own. A fun, variety of complementary colors that can be statically or dynamically set based on your wallpaper bring new life to the otherwise dull white or dark visuals that Google has worked toward for the past few […]
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