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- Google has begun rolling out Gmail’s Material 3 Expressive redesign via a server-side switch to some users.
- Design updates include more color usage, rounded cards, minor changes to the Compose button, and a new swipe animation design.
Material 3 Expressive is the flavor of the season, even though the broader rollout for Android 16‘s core-system UX will happen later in the year. The design language has already debuted with Android 16 QPR1 beta, and we’re seeing plenty of Google apps get updated to adopt it. Google already showed off Gmail’s Material 3 Expressive makeover, but we now have a better look as it has begun rolling out to some users.
With the Gmail app v2025.05.11 release, Google seems to have flipped a server-side switch that enables Material 3 Expressive design changes to the Gmail app. User SparkRadar on Telegram received these changes and shared some of the screenshots below: