Material 3 Expressive switched back to a shorter bottom bar, but not all apps — like Google Home — adopted that at launch.

Beyond that tweak, we’ve also spotted what appears to be a new option in the works for Android Auto’s screen-bottom ...

Google is adding a new setting to Android that lets you reorder the three-button navigation bar. This will allow users to switch from the default “Back, Home, Recents” layout to the “Recents, Home, ...

Material 3 Expressive was officially unveiled last week at The Android Show, with Google releasing guidance at that time. At I/O 2025, we had a “Build next-level UX with Material 3 Expressive” session ...