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Material You’s dynamic theming goes live in more parts of Google Chrome

Material You’s dynamic theming goes live in more parts of Google Chrome

July 6, 2021
A big attraction of Material You, Google's newest design language, is the new theming system that automatically extracts colors from your wallpaper and applies it to various parts of the system UI and apps. Although there isn’t a long list of apps that support Material You’s dynamic color theming at the moment, Google is already...
This third-party library brings Android 12’s Material You theming to any app

This third-party library brings Android 12’s Material You theming to any app

June 29, 2021
Material You is the latest revision of Google's design language. With Material You, Google is emphasizing personalization, which is why in Android 12, there's a new dynamic theming system that recolors your UX using colors extracted from your wallpaper. This dynamic theming system, code-named "monet", went live in Android 12 Beta 2, but Google has...
Android 12’s Material You theming system has been recreated by a developer

Android 12’s Material You theming system has been recreated by a developer

June 23, 2021
Material You’s wallpaper-based theming system, codenamed "monet," finally went live in Android 12 Beta 2. The theming system creates color palettes based on the dominant color scheme of your wallpaper and applies them to Quick Settings tiles, lockscreen, Settings, pop-ups, and apps. However, in its current implementation, it only themes part of the system UI...
Tasker developer shows off Android 12’s dynamic theming with new “Material You” option

Tasker developer shows off Android 12’s dynamic theming with new “Material You” option

June 21, 2021
One of the most exciting new features of the big Android 12 update is the new wallpaper-based theming system, code-named "monet." It's a major part of Google's new "Material You" design language, which places an emphasis on personalization. The new theming system went live in Android 12 Beta 2, but just like with the introduction...
Google Messages preps Material You support on Android 12 with dynamically colored UI

Google Messages preps Material You support on Android 12 with dynamically colored UI

June 9, 2021
One of the marquee features of Android 12 is the ability to dynamically theme the UI based on your wallpaper. It's part of Google's broader Material You design that was announced at Google I/O 2021 alongside the release of the first Android 12 beta. However, Google has yet to enable support for dynamic recoloring in...
Google will change Android 12’s ripple effect after users complain it’s glitchy

Google will change Android 12’s ripple effect after users complain it’s glitchy

June 7, 2021
We got our first look at some of the user-facing changes coming in Android 12 when Google rolled out the first beta at I/O 2021. In our hands-on preview of the first Android 12 beta build, we highlighted most of these features, like the Material You design update, new animations, and more. The new animations...
Chrome preps for Google’s Material You and Android 12’s bouncy scrolling

Chrome preps for Google’s Material You and Android 12’s bouncy scrolling

May 27, 2021
While we're still a few months away from the first stable Android 12 release, Google has started updating its apps to follow Android 12's new Material You design language. Recently, Google added a new flag in Chrome 90 for Android that brings a minor Material You-inspired design change to the app's overflow menu. Along with...
What do you think of Google’s Material You design for Android 12?

What do you think of Google’s Material You design for Android 12?

May 23, 2021
At Google I/O earlier this week, Google announced the changes coming with Android 12. Along with Android 12 Beta 1, Google also unveiled Material You — the next step in the evolution of its Material Design. Material You will help personalize the user experience on Android using a myriad of colors. It will be limited...
Google I/O 2021 Recap: What you need to know from Google’s big tech event

Google I/O 2021 Recap: What you need to know from Google’s big tech event

May 21, 2021
Google I/O 2021 kicked off on Tuesday, and we’re already on cloud nine seeing all the exciting stuff that has come out from the event. In fact, there’s so much to unpack here, it’s hard to even know where to begin. From a radical Android 12 redesign with Material You, to the biggest Wear OS...
Material You is the future of Google’s design for Android and beyond

Material You is the future of Google’s design for Android and beyond

May 18, 2021
Google has evolved its Material design language ever since its introduction in Android 5.0 Lollipop, and in recent years, the company has been moving towards a flatter and more monochrome design. Today at Google I/O, an updated version of Material Design was announced with a focus on customization, called 'Material You'. Material You is a new...