{"id":181467,"date":"2025-08-28T04:01:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T04:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/181467\/"},"modified":"2025-08-28T04:01:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T04:01:11","slug":"googles-android-16-statue-takes-a-spin-on-a-material-3-expressive-merry-go-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/181467\/","title":{"rendered":"Google&#8217;s Android 16 statue takes a spin on a Material 3 Expressive merry-go-round"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img class=\"e_4g\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\"  title=\"Bugdroid statue\"  alt=\"Bugdroid statue\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Bugdroid-statue.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Damien Wilde \/ Android Authority<\/p>\n<p>TL;DR<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Google has unveiled its latest statue to commemorate the release of Android 16.<\/li>\n<li>The statue features Android\u2019s mascot on a merry-go-round.<\/li>\n<li>The seats are fashioned to look like Material 3 Expressive UI shapes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Google has a tradition of commemorating the release of major Android OS updates by unveiling new statues of its Android mascot, \u201cThe Bot.\u201d The company released the stable version of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/android-16-release-date-3495817\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Android 16<\/a> back in June, and we\u2019ve been waiting ever since to see what The Bot would be up to this year. Google has now shared a look at the latest statue.<\/p>\n<p> <strong>Don\u2019t want to miss the best from Android Authority?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You may remember in 2023, Google revealed a statue with The Bot doing a handstand on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/googles-latest-android-14-statue-3371902\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">layer of cake<\/a>. This design was meant to reference Android 14\u2019s codename \u201cUpside Down Cake.\u201d Then, in 2024, the tech giant <a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/android-15-statue-3478308\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">unveiled<\/a> a more vanilla statue (pun intended) with The Bot sitting on a bench with an ice cream cone. As you can guess, this is also a reference to Android 15\u2019s dessert-inspired codename, \u201cVanilla Ice Cream.\u201d So where does the next step in The Bot\u2019s journey take it?<\/p>\n<p>Unlike the last two years, this year\u2019s statue does not reference a codename. Instead, Google opted to make something in reference to Android 16\u2019s Material 3 Expressive theme.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nWhat a fun day! We\u2019re still buzzing from the Android 16 launch, celebrating with a new statue that puts a spin on the Material 3 Expressive design and celebrates the power of AI. Check out this behind-the-scenes video of our statue. You might even say it\u2019s got layers of\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GUgJMuMa7A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/GUgJMuMa7A<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In a social media post from Google\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/seangchau\/status\/1960452033800233364\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Seang Chua<\/a>, we see The Bot sitting on a small, purple merry-go-round. That merry-go-round has seats that are fashioned to look like Material 3 Expressive shapes. And it looks like the merry-go-round is just big enough to fit a group of three.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for being part of our community. 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