Anything Google has announced on Android Show
Google I/O 2025 It’s still a week, but Google shared a taste of updates coming to Android and the greater Android ecosystem of a separate event today called Android show: I/O Edition.
Engadget followed with the messages as they happened In our LiveblogBut for a review, here are the changes that Google has planned for Android, its visual design and twins.
Material 3 Expressive makes Android and Wear OS more inserted
Google design design design language for Android and Android apps at this point slowly evolved in years, but Material 3 Expressive It must be the biggest deviation so far, adding new animations, typography and colors.
Google believes that these changes make Android and applications easier to understand, while making them more attractive to young people. Based on screenshots and videos, Google shared using 3 Android 16 and Wear OS 6 Materials to make Oses look more overwhelming, more playful and fun. On Android, this also comes with the ability to add more tools to quick settings and applications and gadgets to your home screen application network. How big a difference is the new design language in your daily life will depend on how quickly the developers perceive the new style.
Google says you will be able to check the new look yourself when Android 16 beta becomes available on selected Android devices in June.
The twins come to even more places
Google made twins by default Android assistant and suggested Smars’ multimodal generative AIs on the network and iOS. The assistant now makes a jump to Even more than the surfaces Google already controlsIncluding Wear OS, the carrier operating system used by Galaxy Watches on Samsung and Pixel Watches on Google, Google TV and Android Auto.
Twins will be able to do all the things Google Assistant could do, such as setting timers or creating reminders, but with much fading, natural language interactions. On Android Auto and Google cars built -in, you will also be able to use Gemini Live, Google’s Live Calls with AI for any topic you choose.
Google TV will use twins for television and movie recommendations in your favorite genres, along with the basic capacity of AI Assistant to answer questions. For example, you can ask him for recommendations for children’s shows and get information about your favorite actor. Gemini will also be available in the new Google Android XR Platform, but Google offered more information about its mixed reality plans to keep I/O on May 20.
Android receives new security features and Hub Hub
A major component of any new version of Android is improved security features and Google has A few new features Planned for Android 16. The company says it is expanding its AI model to detect spam texts and calls to account for new types of fraud, such as toll fraud.
The next version of Android will also allow you to grant privileges when calling an unknown contact, and a new key check tool allows you to exchange encryption keys to check the person you are talking to is who they say they are.
In addition to these changes, Google is expanding its network to find my device in the new Hub Find, which can track your Android devices, compatible accessories and tracking, all in one place. The big change in the movement of my hub finding device is wide support for ultra-broadband radio stations that offer more precise tracking. Find Hub devices will also be able to use the satellite connectivity of your phone to make it significant, even when you do not have cell service.