Last year, Google Drive’s Material 3 Expressive redesign rolled out in a piecemeal fashion and saw one aspect revert. The full revamp with the container component is now available.
The list of files is once again placed in a container that does not extend all the way to the edge of the screen. There is now increased padding to the left and right.
This container features rounded corners at the top but is squared at the bottom. As a result of this change, the bottom and search app bars are part of the same background layer. In the Files view, the top tabs for My Drive and Computers get a narrower indicator.
Old vs. new
It’s a subtle change that’s more noticeable on your device than in these screenshots, with the M3 Expressive redesign now complete.
We’re seeing this widely rolled out with version 2.25.497.5 of Google Drive for Android this week following a server-side update.
This joins the search app bar, button group (for the grid/list view switcher), FAB menu, and short bottom bar. Just before the holidays, we saw the Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides redesign completely roll out.
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