by dbadmin | Feb 18, 2026 | Authority Insights, Google, Google Keep, Material 3 Expressive, News
TL;DR Google has slowly been updating the look of the floating action button (FAB) for Material 3 Expressive across its Android apps. Last year we saw new FAB designs getting ready for Google Drive and Google Docs. Now it looks like Google’s preparing the same change...
by dbadmin | Feb 6, 2026 | Authority Insights, Google, Google Contacts, Google Phone app, Material 3 Expressive, News
Credit: Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR Google is addressing user complaints by adding a Calling Cards shortcut to the “Organize” tab in the Google Contacts app. The Google Phone app is receiving further Material 3 Expressive updates, specifically bringing a...
by dbadmin | Jan 29, 2026 | Android 17, Apple iOS, Features, Material 3 Expressive
Credit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority I’ll admit, I’m hard to please when it comes to UI, but that might be because I’m the sort of person who secretly wishes were peering at green text and living in a world of cassette futurism. I had to invent a new word to...
by dbadmin | Jan 22, 2026 | Google Play Store, Material 3 Expressive, News
Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Some new Material 3 Expressive animations in the Google Play Store are rolling out now. The shape of the download progress ring around the app icons is changing, as is the loading icon when switching pages. This looks...
by dbadmin | Jan 21, 2026 | Android, Android apps, Apple iOS, Features, Fitbit, Material 3 Expressive
I used iOS for over a decade before fully switching to Android. Even today, my favorite part of iOS doesn’t come from Apple itself, but instead from its third-party app community. My social media feed is filled with examples of beautiful indie iOS apps, crafted...
by dbadmin | Nov 19, 2025 | Features, Google, Material 3 Expressive, Samsung, Samsung One UI
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 and Samsung put their own twists and styling atop it — that’s how...
