You can now try Android’s bold new Material 3 Expressive design in Android 16 QPR1 beta
Android 16 QPR1 Beta 1 brings the new Material 3 Expressive design that Google announced the other day
- Google unveiled Android’s new Material 3 Expressive design yesterday, and it’s already available in the Android 16 QPR1 Beta 1 released today.
- This beta showcases Android’s UI overhaul with features like revamped Quick Settings, background blur, and springier animations, but Google apps still await their updates.
- Pixel users can experience these changes by joining the Android beta program, though this means skipping next month’s stable Android 16 release.
During last week’s The Android Show: I/O Edition, Google introduced Material 3 Expressive, its latest design language, promising a bold, fluid, and more engaging UI. Material 3 Expressive brings new physics-based animations, upgraded app components, fresh color themes, background blur effects, and more. Google didn’t specify when we’ll see the new Material 3 Expressive design in Android, only that it won’t appear in next month’s stable release of Android 16. However, you don’t have to wait for a future unspecified release to try out Android’s big redesign; it’s already live in the new Android beta that Google released today.
Google released Android 16 QPR1 Beta 1 today, offering our first glimpse of what to expect in Android 16’s first quarterly release, scheduled to roll out this September. This beta includes many of the major design changes we previously covered, most notably the big Quick Settings revamp featuring resizable tiles, one-click toggles for Internet and Bluetooth, and an improved tile editor experience.
