According to a report by 9to5 Google, Material 3 Expressive Design was first introduced in June and has now been further improved.

Google Drive Material 3 Expressive redesign rolling out https://t.co/zOHnizEyK8 by @technacity

— 9to5Google (@9to5Google) August 16, 2025

Google has made this new design part of the Google Drive search bar.

This removes the hamburger button and profile switcher from the browser to improve the experience for users using the search view. There’s a centered “Search in Drive” hint after the “Google Drive” wordmark animates out.

Meanwhile, the entire list or grid view of files is placed in one large container, which is a bit darker than the background. Other apps, like Contacts or Phone, place each line in its own box, but Drive just has continuous lists for the most part. There’s no change to the height of the bottom bar.

However, this new redesign has not yet been introduced to all the users.

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On the other hand, a new feature, Mark as Read, has also been introduced in Gmail. This feature has been in testing since June and is now being rolled out to everyone.

This feature has been made part of Gmail s Android app.

For this, a new button will be added between the delete and reply buttons in Gmail.

Under this feature, users can select emails and simply click on this button, and those emails will no longer remain unread.

The purpose of this feature is to provide convenience to users. If they do not want to read an email but do not want to delete it either, they will be able to use the Mark as Read button.