In comparison with Android, solely a few of Google’s iOS apps use the most recent model of Materials Design. Gmail for iPhone and iPad was lastly up to date with a Materials 3 redesign right this moment.
On the homepage, the search bar is now pill-shaped as a substitute of a rounded rectangle. The underside bar, when you have the built-in Google Chat and/or Meet expertise enabled, notes your present tab with one other tablet as a substitute of simply filling in or highlighting the icon.
Blue is used because the accent coloration all through the app, with pink being principally retired. Totally different shades are used relying on gentle or darkish theme.
On Android, Materials You takes issues a step additional and creates a “Dynamic Coloration” theme primarily based in your telephone’s wallpaper. That’s utilized throughout first-party apps and OS parts for a visually cohesive expertise. No such mechanism is in place on iOS in any case these years. It will have been attention-grabbing if Google constructed an Account-level picker for these platforms (or synced it from Android within the case of the net).
Previous vs. new
The “Compose” floating motion button (FAB) turns into a rounded rectangle with a reasonably vibrant shade of blue when darkish mode is enabled. The hamburger menu/navigation drawer doesn’t seem to have been up to date right this moment.
When opening an e-mail, you’ll discover that the top-right nook overflow icon goes from three vertical dots to horizontal ones positioned in a circle.
Google Chat for iOS was additionally lately up to date with Materials You, although it already leveraged the floating backside bar. Different Workspace apps like Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Meet are unchanged right this moment.
Different first-party apps with Materials 3 embody Google (Search) app, Maps (backside bar), Images, Residence, Translate, and Gemini.
Model 6.0.250119 of Gmail for iPhone and iPad with this Materials 3 redesign rolled out right this moment through the App Retailer.
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