Google is said to work on a considerable overhaul to its user interface for Android 16, and we suspect that not everyone will like it.
As we reported last week, Google is planning to introduce an important update of the design language with Android 16, Material 3 Expressive.
Although the initial Android 16 -Bètas looked a lot on Android 15, large changes could be made to get along the line. They seem to get inspiration from a number of interesting places and can be divided.
Material 3 Expressive looking a little more ‘iOS’
Android Authority is diving in the code of Android 16 Beta 4 and has previously discovered hidden evidence of some of these onion changes.
A fairly big change seems to be for the design of the panel combined reports and fast settings. Although the rumor menu in iOS style seems to be on ice for the time being, there are still a few touches that seem to pursue the Apple operating system.
This includes resizable tiles with fast settings and a category -based organizational system. It also wants to implement a considerable dose of semi-transparency in this menu, as well as the Tray and Pin Entry screen app. They all have heavy blurry backgrounds instead of the ordinary equivalents of Android 15.
Again, this is very saving from iOS and his own Frosted Quick Settings menu.
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New icons and menup
Elsewhere, Google is experimenting with new more striking icons in the status bar for Wi-Fi, mobile data, aircraft mode and battery level. There is now also a good dash of color for icons in the menu settings, while menu items are now separated into different cards.
Google also offers five new icon forms: square, four -sided cookie, senior cookie, arch and complex clover.
The widget of the locking screen is also set to be adjusted to centralize all information, while locking screen notifications can also offer the option of smaller, more discreet previews until you tap.
The separate onion screen of the volume also receives some attention, with thinner volume staves and separate text for media, call, ring and the like. The volume bar itself also looks more in squared and reflects a small exit of the rounded style of Android 15.
It all confirms our first impression that although Material 3 Expressive will not be a whole new user interface, it will be a fairly significant makeover of Android as we know it.
