Google Accidentally Reveals Android's Material 3 Expressive Interface (arstechnica.com) 12
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Google's accelerated Android release cycle will soon deliver a new version of the software, and it might look quite different from what you'd expect. Amid rumors of a major UI overhaul, Google seems to have accidentally published a blog post detailing "Material 3 Expressive," which we expect to see revealed at I/O later this month. Google quickly removed the post from its design site, but not before the Internet Archive saved it.
It has been a few years since Google introduced any major changes to its Material theming, but the design team wasn't just sitting idly this whole time. According to the leaked blog post, Google has spent the past three years working on a more emotionally engaging vision for Android design. While the original Material Design did an admirable job of leveraging colors and consistent theming, it could make apps look too similar. The answer to that, apparently, is Material 3 Expressive.
Google says this is "the most-researched update to Google's design system, ever." The effort reportedly included 46 separate studies with hundreds of sample designs. The team showed these designs to more than 18,000 study participants to understand how the user experience would work. In these studies, the design team used a variety of metrics, including the following:
- Eye tracking: Analyzing where users focus their attention
- Surveys and focus groups: Gauging emotional responses to different designs
- Experiments: Gathering sentiment and preferences
- Usability: Seeing how quickly participants could understand and use an interface "The result of all this is an interface that appears much more varied than the previous Material Design," writes Ars.
You can check out 9to5Google's article, which preserved many of the blog post's visuals before they were removed.
It has been a few years since Google introduced any major changes to its Material theming, but the design team wasn't just sitting idly this whole time. According to the leaked blog post, Google has spent the past three years working on a more emotionally engaging vision for Android design. While the original Material Design did an admirable job of leveraging colors and consistent theming, it could make apps look too similar. The answer to that, apparently, is Material 3 Expressive.
Google says this is "the most-researched update to Google's design system, ever." The effort reportedly included 46 separate studies with hundreds of sample designs. The team showed these designs to more than 18,000 study participants to understand how the user experience would work. In these studies, the design team used a variety of metrics, including the following:
- Eye tracking: Analyzing where users focus their attention
- Surveys and focus groups: Gauging emotional responses to different designs
- Experiments: Gathering sentiment and preferences
- Usability: Seeing how quickly participants could understand and use an interface "The result of all this is an interface that appears much more varied than the previous Material Design," writes Ars.
You can check out 9to5Google's article, which preserved many of the blog post's visuals before they were removed.
And still they dont care about the blind (Score:2, Insightful)
The problem with all of these big releases is that they never seem to ask the disabled what they need.
I wish Google Android would stop discriminating against the disabled.
Otherwise we don't really care about all this it's just shiny crap that doesn't really work.
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Wish I hadn't posted so I could mod this up.
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Not serving a special interest is not discrimination, and "the disabled" is not a group. This is nothing but a troll.
Pastel was bad enough, this is worse (Score:2)
If those screenshots are anything to go by, this looks really awful. Reminds me of design cues from the 60s and 70s. Reminds me of a vintage car speedometer with the tall, skinny, rectangular fonts. People really want purple and pink widgets and difficult-to-read fonts? Will be interesting to see how long this lasts before the fad retreats and it starts looking out of date.
Hold on, I think I see some kids on my lawn that need to be yelled at...
It's a pity they are killing off indy devs... (Score:1)
What's actually better? (Score:2)
Accidently my rear end (Score:1)
Put Down the Captagon (Score:2)
I just got the latest 15 yesterday and there are new text scaling bugs and they broke the Do Not Disturb tile. Battery drain jumped too.
Maybe they could take advantage of everybody being too broke to buy a phone and do a bug-fix release.
And breathe a little more.
P.S. There are only a dozen people outside of Silicone Valley who want a Gemini AI Phone.
Change is Scary (Score:2)
Why is tech change always forced on people? Is there a cultural issue where having something that works and does what someone wants is now something that has to be changed?
Android jumped the shark years ago. (Score:2)
Bling alert!
Aside from turning you camera into a webcam for WfH, I can't think of a single feature since Oreo that would be an incentive to upgrade.
I'm stuck on Android 12 on a 4G phone and still get two days battery life; aside from being p*wned by dark forces due to lack of security updates, I will continue using it until (a) it stops working or (b) they shut off the 4G signal in favour of 6G.
To be fair, I'm getting old... (Score:2)