Google previews Android 16 and Wear OS 6’s new Material 3 Expressive look

13 May 2025
It’s all about personalization and smoothness.

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  • 14 May 2025

Anonymous, 14 May 2025The quick setting is copying iOS control panels. Ohh boy, h... moreGoogle had quick settings first. Apple copied Google, along with the punch hole. Apple had a notch still when Google moved to the new camera design.

    Anonymous, 14 May 2025Google locked down Android nearly a decade ago with the dea... moreyeah day by day the freedom of Android is going away unless you're into stuff that'll void your warranty. Quite sad. Yet people are encouraging this so brands follow suit. Things will only get worse it seems haha

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      • 14 May 2025

      jiyen235, 14 May 2025Day by day the jokes Google made about Apple are starting t... moreGoogle locked down Android nearly a decade ago with the death of AOSP, they want that walled garden experience because they think that's why ppl buy iPhones lol

        Day by day the jokes Google made about Apple are starting to turn ironic. The quick settings panel looks more like iOS than some Chinese skins rn and their own phones, apart from the notch/camera island, look exactly like the iPhones. The copying has been blatant. Yet people like to make fun of Chinese phone brands for "looking"/"feeling" cheap.

        Yeah right lmfao

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          • 14 May 2025

          Finally the blur effect on stock Android. It looks really good and they finally caught up the rest of the world (literally all manufacturers have better looking quick settings).

          But as for UX part, I hope they'll some day invent that many people hold their phones using one hand and it's a good UX practice to put the most important UI elements at the BOTTOM of the screen, not at the top :)

          And the Internet "tile" be separated back again for separate Celluar and Wi-Fi TOGGLES xD

            OneUI still looks better. Flat designs should be no longer a thing, we already proved it looks boring.

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              • 14 May 2025

              AntonelPAPI, 14 May 2025Ugly and strange interface, made for gays. Luckily, there&#... moreLaunchers can only manipulate the home screen.. there is so much more to a UI than the home screen..

                I really like the current Material You design language and appreciate these changes. It makes the UI look even more welcoming and fun. Unfortunately, most Android users will probably never see these changes, as the number of phones with Stock UI is shrinking year-by-year. I'm looking forward towards updating my ROG Phone 9 Pro to Android 16.

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                  • 14 May 2025

                  It looks like custom rom for me

                    jiyen235, 14 May 2025I wish manufacturers would give us the choice to CHOOSE whi... moreIf anything, they need to make it a lot more customisable. Want strong blur on a particular UI element? Here you go. Want no blur anywhere? Completely possible. Circular sliders? Yes. Rounded rectangle sliders? Custom icons per app? Absolutely. I'm not asking for something as complex as KDE Plasma's theming engine, but something more powerful, granular and customisable would be great.

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                      • Anonymous
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                      • 14 May 2025

                      The quick setting is copying iOS control panels. Ohh boy, here comes the bash 🙄

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                        • 14 May 2025

                        Now android update just changing UI, no new feature like before android 10 era

                          Sorry Google, everyone else is busy copying iOS and your design ideas will never be implemented.

                            I wish manufacturers would give us the choice to CHOOSE which look we want instead of always forcing us to go with the new ones.

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                              • 14 May 2025

                              Looks childish

                                AntonelPAPI, 14 May 2025Ugly and strange interface, made for gays. Luckily, there&#... moreI actually use Nova launcher to make one UI look more like pixel UI 😀

                                  I like the look of it

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                                    • 14 May 2025

                                    everything look flat and boring.

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                                      • 14 May 2025

                                      To set up a countdown timer or alarm in Google clock with Material interface is the worse experience ever! I try to avoid any google apps now and ideally I want a google-free phone

                                        Ugly and strange interface, made for gays. Luckily, there's Nova Launcher.

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