Google apps that have already been upgraded to Material Design

You may not know it, but the design, style, buttons, colors, and overall appearance say a lot about an application. And from their experience of use Something that Google knows well, which is why they decide to eventually renew their applications or, rather, their design. So much so that almost annually we find new changes. Some more successful than others.

For some time Google has been committed to the most exacerbated minimalism.A couple of years ago he named it Material Design, removing everything superfluous like lines, button markings, etc. Everything overlaps and colors are used to change the plane. Little by little this same design has evolved and has become a little more complex, and it acquires the name of Material Theme These are some of the applications that already look with this redesign to a greater or lesser degree.

Google Play Store

It is one of the latest applications to receive the redesign, although it is still in beta version and susceptible to receiving new modifications It highlights the color reduction. And it is that the green zone of the upper menu to which we were accustomed becomes blank. Again a minimalism where only the application icons give color and break on the pristine white background.

The download page of each application is also simplified Now the green tone that picks up the application section (and that changes if we movies and books) can only be seen in some words that serve as tabs or menus. So the sensations remain the same, but the design has changed remarkably.

Google Assistant

It is another of the tools that is receiving a redesign. Despite its stock minimalism, this tool still has cropping scope. And what is even better for many users: the dark mode A way to avoid extra costs on the battery and to avoid damaging your eyes with the light of the screen of the mobile in dark environments.

Everything is displayed with cards delimited by a single line, with no additional colors, shadows, or depth. The good thing is that soon, when it reaches all users, it can be done in black or white tones.

Gboad

The keyboard, as simple as it may seem, can also respect the lines of Material Theme or Material Design. Gboard has shown this with a recent update that doesn't change the overall look too much, but it does details like the icons Yes, those little elements that appear when you pull down the settings too they are pampered by Google. And now they look more streamlined than ever.

Google Play Books

Since the beginning of the year there were already tests of this Material Theme in Google's tool for buying and reading books. Shortly after he reached the rest of the users, leaving behind his capes with the characteristic blue color, and welcoming the aseptic white The books are displayed in a carousel and not on a grid, and while everything else remains the same, the look is even cleaner, more comfortable, and more direct.Undoubtedly the sensations sought by this reimagining of Google's design.

Google Family Link for parents or guardians

This application is less known, but that doesn't mean it goes unnoticed by Google, who has also updated its design. Of course, with very subtle elements such as a simpler typography, as well as a selection of icons that follow in the footsteps of the material theme. The devil is in the details for Google.

What is to come

Of course Google continues to make tweaks and changes to all its applications and services. Although most of these changes are now focused on introducing the aforementioned dark modeAn increasingly popular demand, and that seems to be taken seriously by Google. And if you don't look at Android Q, the new version of your operating system, which will have this feature as standard, as long as we want to activate it from the Settings menu. Of course, for this the guidelines and arrangements of Material Theme are maintained, which govern the elements that make up the interface design of all Google tools.