The month of September, between Pixel Drop and monthly update with Android 16 QPR1, brought the Material 3 Expressive In the Pixel user interface but Google is trying to implement its design philosophy a little on all its apps: the last to enjoy some changes is Google app.
The main app of the Mountain View giant began to implement the Account selector with expressive Redesignan element that is already available on many other apps and should very soon arrive on all the others (including the Google Play Store).
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Google app welcomes the account selector in Material 3 Expressive
As anticipated at the opening, Google started to distribute the new account selector in style Material 3 Expressive Also on Google App which thus adds to the list of the Big G apps that can count on the updated version of this element.
Specifically adaptation for this app, the account selector also acts from the access point for various other options and for the settings of the app itself: all the items are grouped in blocks of cards.
In the blocks, they only round up the higher and lower options; The “single” voices, on the other hand, have the shape of an oval pill, a bit like the button “Manage your Google account” proposed immediately under the greeting.
The following image shows the difference between the old user interface and the new one which, in the future, will be available on all apps of the Mountain View giant, albeit declined in different ways to host all the necessary options “to the cause”.
The account selector (as well as page for access to App options and settings) updated to Material 3 Expressive It is currently under the Rollaut phase: we received it with the Version 16.34.61.Sa Beta Of Google app But not on all devices, a sign of the presence of a server side component (which as we know is distributed gradually). The rollout for everyone could take place in the next few days.
How to update the app or try the news in preview
The app is already pre-installed by default on all Android smartphones equipped with Google services. So let’s see how to proceed with his update: to do it, as usual, just contact the Google Play Store (the app page can be reached through the underlying badge) and make a tap on “Update” in case an update is available.
If you want to preview the new features that Big G will introduce within his research app (such as we have just discussed), you can register for the beta program through the dedicated page.
