Google is expressing Everything related to the Android operating system, including system apps and Google services: the same treatment that we have already seen, for example, for the Google account settings will soon invest the Password manager.
The key of everything is the Material 3 Expressivethe new design philosophy of the Mountain View giant which is currently available on the pixels that perform the Beta 2 of Android 16 QPR1, but for apps and services it will not be bound to the version of the operating system.
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Google password manager: the expressive Redesign emerges
Analyzing the version 25.25.31 Beta of the Google Play Services app, the well -known Insider Assembradebug He discovered that Google is working to renew the Password manager in sauce Material 3 Expressive (via Android Authority).
The current version of the password manager does not follow the dynamic colors of the system but takes advantage of the blue, typical accent of the Google targate apps (for example, it is predefined on the Google App and on the Google Play Store). In the future, things will change.
Instead of the wording Password manager At the top, a search bar will be implemented: on the left of it, the service logo will be present; On the right, the Avatar of the Google account will be present.
The three cards in which the manager is divided will not change from a functional point of view, or almost: the card Accountin fact, he will earn a filter bar (up) that will allow to filter the credentials saved between passwords and passkey.
The other, great novelty is represented by the colors, in general, which will present the password manager: in fact, they will follow the colors of the theme of the device (taken from the background).
The pitfall suggests that, when it is released, the new graphic design of the Password manager It will not be an exclusive of Android 16 but will also reach the previous versions of Android. It remains to be understood when this will happen, since these are still developing changes and not available even for the beta testers of the Google Play Services app.
How to update the Google Play Services related app
To check that the latest version of the app is installed on your Android smartphone (equipped with Google services) Google Play Servicesjust reach the dedicated page of the Google Play Store app via the Badge below and, possibly, make a tap on “Update”.
The application cannot be found through research on the store and, normally, is automatically updated on all the smartphone of the green robot (which count on the services offered by the Mountain View giant).
