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 ...

Google inadvertently revealed details about its new design system, Material 3 Expressive, ahead of the Google I/O 2025 conference via a prematurely published blog post. At the Google I/O developer ...

Android operating systems in 2025 are what individual phone brands make of them. Android 16 is publicly available as part of the Android Open Source Project, but it’s barebones, and brands like Google ...

Google usually updates its apps/services to make them look modern and add new features that users find useful. On the other hand, there is Google Keep, which rarely gets attention in terms of updates.

If you're not fully on board the AI hype train, I would understand if you feel that Android has lost its way. When Google, Samsung, and Motorola are packing AI features into places you never thought ...

Google Calculator is getting a Material 3 Expressive redesign that moves some elements around. Amusingly, this Material 3 Expressive update gets rid of the container that’s analogous to a physical ...

Google is preparing to announce an update to Material Design 3 that makes it more expressive. A code change suggests that Google will hold a talk about the new expressive Material Design theme at I/O ...

After showing off the updated design last month, Google has very slowly started rolling out the Material 3 Expressive update for Gmail on Android, but you probably don’t have it just yet. Google ...

This may not be the most surprising twist, but it's definitely something that Android fans did not expect to come as early as May. Google's next big Android UI revamp, Material 3 Expressive, has ...

No, I’m not talking about iOS 26, where Apple is seemingly changing its mind about the extent of its “Liquid Glass” design language with every subsequent beta. There are some great new features in ...

Jon Gilbert is a Features Writer for Android Police. I've covered Android since 2021, focusing on writing features and guides about Android apps and features that directly affect users. I've attended ...