The section dedicated to Google servicesavailable only on Android devices with Google Play Services, awaits a full -bodied Redesign that already seems almost ready for release.
Also in this case, everything is due to the arrival of the Material 3 Expressivenew design philosophy that Google should officially announce in the coming weeks and then kicked the Redesign of its apps and the implementation of all the innovations that emerged so far also in the operating system of the green robot.
The “Google Services” section of the Settings awaits a Redesign
We have already known for some time that Google is working on a new version of its design philosophy which should materialize at Google I/O 2025 with the announcement of the Material 3 Expressive.
As already happened with the advent of Material you From 2021 onwards, the new design philosophy will also pervade the entire User interface of Android but it seems very likely that everything is not ready for release with the first stable Android version 16: we will certainly have to wait one of the intermediate updates of the operating system or, even, Android 17.
A couple of days ago we showed you the great changes that will invest the operating system in its entirety, including the Redesign of the system settings with the addition of a pinch of color. During the month of April it emerged that Quick Share and the settings of the Google account are also prepared to change but the same destiny also seems to touch the settings section dedicated to Google services.
There version 25.17.31 beta of the app hides the renewed interface in the perspective Material 3 Expressive and the usual Assembradebug (via Android Authority) managed to activate it to show us how it will appear when it will be made available for everyone.
Here’s how the “Google Services” section will appear Material 3 Expressive
Among the distinctive elements of the new design of the section Google services of the Android settings, which you can appreciate in the following image gallery, are the various Voices positioned within individual cards grouped by category, the Switching with the X (when the option is off) or with the check (when the option is on), the bold used in many parts of the interface, the presence of the new font Google Sans Flex.
Not all pages/sub-features of Google services will receive the new aspect: some sections that exploit an integrated view starting from a web page (so they use the browser WebView), like Connected apps or Play gamesthey will remain at the “current” design until the development team intervenes directly “at the source”.
The official of this Material 3 Expressive It is expected in the second part of the month of May, during the Google I/O 2025: it is very likely that the first restyling Of the various apps of the Mountain View giant they will start immediately after.
How to update the Google Play Services 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).
