Google expands Material 3 Expressive design to Gmail, Chrome and more

Google’s Material 3 Expressive design language, first announced in May 2025, is appearing across a growing number of Android apps, bringing rounded containers, pill shaped buttons and more prominent use of Dynamic Color to Gmail and Chrome while prompting reports of visual glitches in other apps that Google says it is working to fix. The changes began accelerating after the Pixel 10 launch and are rolling out gradually to users.

The Gmail app on Android has begun receiving the Material 3 Expressive treatment in the latest rollout. Users who receive version 2025.08.11.x will see the inbox and individual messages placed inside single containers with rounded corners, a pill shaped animation for swipe actions such as archive and delete, and Dynamic Color used to make Reply and Forward controls stand out on the bottom bar. The home screen widget and Compose screen have not been updated yet, and the top field has not been converted into a search app bar in this release, according to reports from app testers.

Chrome for Android is also showing the new visual language. The browser replaces its traditional linear loading bar with a segmented progress indicator that has rounded corners,...