Your smartphone is a mess of buttons and menus. While the hamburger menu and settings cog have become ubiquitous, dig a little deeper and you’re still presented with an eclectic grab bag of options.

Jon has been an author at Android Police since 2021. He primarily writes features and editorials covering the latest Android news, but occasionally reviews hardware and Android apps. His favorite ...

Summary: Google appears to be working on an updated version of its Material Design guidelines for Android. It could be called “Material Design 3 Expressive,” and the firm could officially announce it ...

We may earn a commission when you click links to retailers and purchase goods. More info. A little over a week ago, someone on Google’s design team accidentally posted the details of their new design ...

“Material You” is the next major evolution of Google’s design language for Android. The new design has been appearing in more places throughout the OS over the past few months. Most recently, the time ...

Google announced Material You at I/O 2021, and it has since come to the vast majority of its Android apps. On the web, Gmail is the primary example, but you can also demo Material Design 3 on Material ...

Google on Wednesday released several new Android features, including a big Pixel Drop that brings Android 16's new Material 3 Expressive design to Pixel phones older than the brand-new Pixel 10 series ...

Android 12, announced at Google’s annual I/O developer conference today, had me bouncing around my apartment. I literally jumped around on my sofa when VP of Design Matias Duarte showed off the new ...

Samsung and Google recently revamped their operating systems, so let's compare the two biggest Android skins on the market.

Google is bringing a whole new design to Android 12 with “Material You,” and that includes the first formal widget revamp the platform has seen in the better part of a decade. Now, in Android 12 Beta ...

Richard Lawler is a senior editor following news across tech, culture, policy, and entertainment. He joined The Verge in 2021 after several years covering news at Engadget. Today at Google’s Android ...