Android 16 is here, but its big redesign isn’t ready

Google rolled retired a clump of caller features with Android 16 connected Tuesday, but the institution appears to beryllium redeeming its large Material 3 Expressive redesign for a aboriginal update. The update doesn’t diagnostic the plan language’s revamped elements, and a source tells Android Authority’s Mishaal Rahman that Google is readying to motorboat the caller look connected September 3rd, 2025, instead.

With Android 16, Google is starting to rotation retired support for Live Updates with progress-centric notifications and enhanced settings for users with proceeding aids. The updates are coming to Pixel devices first, but according to Google, Android users volition person to hold for different update to spot Live Updates “fully realized.”

Google officially took the wraps disconnected Material 3 Expressive pursuing a leak last month, which features updates to icon shapes, benignant styles, and colour palettes with “more natural, springy animations” crossed the Android interface. You tin inactive cheque retired immoderate Material 3 Expressive updates successful the Android 16 QPR1 beta that’s disposable now, but Rahman notes that Google plans connected launching much plan updates successful the adjacent Android 16 QPR1 Beta 2.

Google is expected to see Android’s desktop mode successful a September motorboat arsenic well. The caller mode, which builds connected Samsung’s DeX platform, optimizes apps and contented for large-screen devices. It volition let you to resize aggregate app windows crossed your screens, arsenic good arsenic link phones and tablets to outer displays for a desktop-like experience. Users with a Pixel 8 and up tin effort retired these features successful the Android 16 beta, but the remainder of america volition apt person to hold a fewer much months.