After testing earlier this 12 months, Google is now broadly rolling out a Materials 3 redesign of Gmail on iPhone and iPad.
Whereas the design language is broadly obtainable in Google’s Android and net apps, iOS adoption has been a lot slower.
In Gmail, it begins with a pill-shaped search bar changing the rounded rectangle. The underside bar, in case you have the built-in Google Chat and/or Meet expertise enabled, identifies your present tab with one other capsule as a substitute of highlighting the icon.
Previous vs. new
The “Compose” button is now a rounded rectangle. Blue is used because the accent colour all through the applying, with crimson being largely retired.
Gmail’s navigation drawer together with your folders and labels is unchanged. Within the message view, one tweak sees the three-dot overflow icon go horizontal.
This “refreshed feel and appear” is supposed to match the Android and net expertise. We’re seeing this Materials 3 redesign rolled out with model 6.0.250413 of Gmail for iPhone and iPad. Total, it’s a fairly easy modernization.
On iOS, Materials 3 is accessible in Google Chat, House, Maps, Meet, Images, and Search.
In the meantime, Google Calendar, which is an app utilizing the earlier design language, for iOS is getting the power to “create and modify birthday occasions.” As soon as obtainable, creating a brand new occasion reveals “Birthday” as an possibility alongside “Occasion” and “Process.” This isn’t but broadly rolled out.
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