{"id":176511,"date":"2025-06-11T19:59:12","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T19:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/176511\/"},"modified":"2025-06-11T19:59:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T19:59:12","slug":"heres-an-early-look-at-the-material-3-expressive-changes-headed-to-the-google-app-apk-teardown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/176511\/","title":{"rendered":"Here&#8217;s an early look at the Material 3 Expressive changes headed to the Google app (APK teardown)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img class=\"e_Yg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\"  title=\"google daily listen google app icon\"  alt=\"google daily listen google app icon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/google-daily-listen-google-app-icon.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Ryan Haines \/ Android Authority<\/p>\n<p>TL;DR<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Google app on Android could soon receive some subtle design tweaks.<\/li>\n<li>We\u2019ve spotted upcoming tweaks for the status bar, search progress bar, and the tab bar at the bottom in the latest beta release.<\/li>\n<li>The app could also receive a new Material 3 Expressive loading animation and a button to refresh the feed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Google app on Android is set to receive some visual changes in line with Android\u2019s new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/google-material-3-expressive-features-changes-availability-supported-devices-3556392\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Material 3 Expressive<\/a> design language. We\u2019ve spotted these changes in the latest beta release (version 16.22.44), and here\u2019s an early look at the upcoming design improvements.<\/p>\n<p> You&#8217;re reading an <strong>Authority Insights<\/strong> story on Android Authority. Discover <a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/tag\/authority-insights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Authority Insights<\/strong><\/a> for more exclusive reports, app teardowns, leaks, and in-depth tech coverage you won&#8217;t find anywhere else.<\/p>\n<p>An\u00a0<b data-stringify-type=\"bold\">APK teardown<\/b> helps predict features that may arrive on a service in the future based on work-in-progress code. However, it is possible that such predicted features may not make it to a public release.<\/p>\n<p>Starting at the top, the status bar in the Google app has received a translucent gradient background. It gives the status bar a more modern look and is already live in the latest beta release. It\u2019s a very subtle change, and you may not even notice it if you\u2019re using the dark theme on your phone, but it\u2019s more apparent when using the light theme.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"e_Yg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  title=\"Google app screenshots showing new translucent status bar background 2\"  alt=\"Google app screenshots showing new translucent status bar background 2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Google-app-screenshots-showing-new-translucent-status-bar-background-2.jpg\"\/><img class=\"e_Yg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  title=\"Google app screenshots showing new translucent status bar background 1\"  alt=\"Google app screenshots showing new translucent status bar background 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Google-app-screenshots-showing-new-translucent-status-bar-background-1.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Google is also working on a minor tweak for the progress bar that appears under the Search bar when you perform a search. The updated design is slightly thicker and more rounded, as shown in the following screenshot.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"e_Yg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  title=\"Screenshot of updated progress bar in the Google app\"  alt=\"Screenshot of updated progress bar in the Google app\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-of-updated-progress-bar-in-the-Google-app-scaled.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>AssembleDebug \/ Android Authority<\/p>\n<p>Lastly, Google is updating the scroll behavior of the tabs at the bottom of the screen. Currently, the tabs remain persistently visible as you scroll through the app. However, in a future release, Google plans to change this behavior and hide the tabs when you scroll through the feed.<\/p>\n<p>The attached clip shows this new behavior and gives us a glimpse of the new Material 3 Expressive loading animation that will appear when you reach the bottom of the feed. The clip also shows a new \u201cRefresh\u201d button that appears under the search bar as you scroll through the feed, but it\u2019s not functional in the current beta release.<\/p>\n<p>We expect these changes to roll out to users in the coming days, and we\u2019ll update this post as soon as they\u2019re widely available.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Got a tip? Talk to us!<\/strong>\u00a0Email our staff at <a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/google-app-material-3-expressive-changes-apk-3566448\/mailto:news@androidauthority.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"mailto:tips@androidauthority.com\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" aria-haspopup=\"menu\" target=\"_blank\">news@androidauthority.com<\/a>. You can stay anonymous or get credit for the info, it&#8217;s your choice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ryan Haines \/ Android Authority TL;DR The Google app on Android could soon receive some subtle design tweaks.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":176512,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3159],"tags":[2240,867,34416,547,53,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-176511","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mobile","8":"tag-authority-insights","9":"tag-google","10":"tag-material-3-expressive","11":"tag-mobile","12":"tag-technology","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114666509246542751","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176511\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/176512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}