Android 16 He will appear with an important update in his interface, and Google mistakenly leaked a first glance at these changes. In recent days, several details have been published in Mountain – Material 3 is expressiveA new design language that the operating system will accept.
Through your design -blog (through 9to5google), The Californians revealed not only what the updated aesthetics of Android 16 will look like, but also the reasons for this modification. In other words, it was already known that Material 3 Expressive was on the way, and some of its main new products were disclosed last week Android Authority Thanks beta 4 software.
According to the original publication of Google, which can still be seen thanks to the WayBack machine in the Internet archive, Material 3 Expressive is a rather radical change. Despite the fact that in recent years we have seen several elements that we have seen in Materia, the company claims that the updated language is the result of an extensive study of what they like and considers it more useful for people.
According to Mountain View, the creation of aesthetics, which debuts in Android 16, was born as a result of anxiety from the design interns. In her history, Google indicates that in 2022 a young woman complained that the company’s applications They looked all the same and boringThe field from there work began to change this perception.
“Over the past three years, we have examined the consequences of this conversation, it passes through dozens of rounds of design and research to find the next evolution of the material design. Thanks to 46 independent research with hundreds of designs and more than 18,000 participants from around the world, we have created an attractive and highly productive system. Designers can be safely using these new components and principles, knowing that they create something easy to use and with the fact that people can connect.
Material 3 expressive, redesign, which debuts on Android 16
In addition to the most philosophical aspects of the new Android 16 design, Google indicates that the creation of Material 3 ExpreSive was focused on some key points. For example, make sure that the most important actions succeed and group elements that are more similar to together.
In the official shots of the screen, which restored the 9to5google, these pillars are clearly observed. From Android 16, applications can be implemented Large buttons for the most important actions (Send, confirm, reproduce, etc.) and agglutinate other elements of the interface to get it easier to get.
In one of the published examples, an updated Gmail interface is observed. The email button now appears with a much larger size and above the keyboard, so that with barely moving the right thumb you can already touch. On the left, meanwhile, solving the functions of small groups, such as file attachment, photography or fixing text, which will also be available with touch. Google says the 3 Expressive material allows you to find a sending button Four times faster than in the current design.
Bright colors, large buttons and blurry products
Similarly, material 3 will include expressive Bright colorsAnd in the demonstrations, special attention was made in purple and coral tones. Other distinctive elements of the appearance of Android 16 are a floating panel of the lower part, with more rounded edges, new types are more vertically stretched, and interfaces that occupy from the edge to the edge of the screen.
In tests Android Authority Changes in the design of the application box, quick settings and multitasking sections were also observed, where large buttons prevail and blurry fundsField
This year, Google will hold its input/output conference on May 20 and 21. And although it is expected that the news about Android 16, most likely, the main approach is the twins and AI, as happened in 2024. That is why the company organized the previous event dedicated to its mobile operating system, which will be held on May 13. This will not be unusual to use this to take advantage of what is in the depths of the 3rd.
Source: Hiper Textual
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