Google rolled out a bunch of latest options with Android 16 on Tuesday, however the firm seems to be saving its huge Material 3 Expressive redesign for a future replace. The replace doesn’t function the design language’s revamped components, and a supply tells Android Authority’s Mishaal Rahman that Google is planning to launch the brand new look on September third, 2025, as a substitute.
With Android 16, Google is beginning to roll out assist for Live Updates with progress-centric notifications and enhanced settings for customers with listening to aids. The updates are coming to Pixel gadgets first, however based on Google, Android customers should wait for an additional replace to see Live Updates “totally realized.”
Google formally took the wraps off Material 3 Expressive following a leak final month, which options updates to icon shapes, sort kinds, and colour palettes with “extra pure, springy animations” throughout the Android interface. You can nonetheless try some Material 3 Expressive updates within the Android 16 QPR1 beta that’s out there now, however Rahman notes that Google plans on launching extra design updates within the subsequent Android 16 QPR1 Beta 2.
Google is anticipated to incorporate Android’s desktop mode in a September launch as effectively. The new mode, which builds on Samsung’s DeX platform, optimizes apps and content material for large-screen gadgets. It will assist you to resize a number of app home windows throughout your screens, in addition to join telephones and tablets to exterior shows for a desktop-like expertise. Users with a Pixel 8 and up can check out these options within the Android 16 beta, however the remainder of us will doubtless have to attend just a few extra months.
