Google in 2014 vs 2025: The 3 Eras of Material Design

The way Android and other Google products look is about to change in a big way. The third age of Material Design has arrived, characterized by bold typography, expressive shapes and colors, and physics-based animations. Folks are already saying Android has gone full Gen Z.

So as the era of Material 3 Expressive arrives, it's time to take a look back on how Material started all those years ago -- with the peak millennial design language of Material 1.0, how it's evolved over the years, and how its latest incarnation sets the stage for the way Google's apps and services will look from Android 16 all the way into the 2030s.

0:00 Intro
0:39 Google Design Pre-History
1:22 Material Design 1.0
5:37 Material You
9:37 Material 3 Expressive

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