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...
by dbadmin | Nov 18, 2025 | Apple, Apple iOS, Google, Material 3 Expressive, News
Credit: Joe Maring / Android Authority Android and iOS have both received visual overhauls in 2025. Android 16’s QPR1 update brought the Material 3 Expressive style to Pixel phones, while iOS 26 offered the Liquid Glass aesthetic. Colleague Rita El-Khoury felt that...
by dbadmin | Nov 5, 2025 | Android apps, Apple, Apple iOS, Features, Google, Material 3 Expressive
Credit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority As a full-time Android user who keeps an iPad Mini and an old iPhone 13 Pro Max on my desk to check out the supposedly greener grass, I am very happy with my digital allegiances. And when Apple rolled out its new Liquid Glass...
