Material 3 Expressive was officially unveiled last week at The Android Show, with Google releasing guidance at that time. At I/O 2025, we had a “Build next-level UX with Material 3 Expressive” session with another tease at upcoming Google app redesigns, like Fitbit.
For starters, we get another look at Fitbit for Android with Material 3 Expressive. It’s the same Steps stats as before, but with the addition of a FAB (floating action button) for Gemini besides the toolbar for Day, Week, Month, and Year that replaces the top tabs.
The Gemini FAB presumably will let you launch a chatbot-like experience to ask questions about this metric and trends. That capability was tested in Fitbit Labs earlier this year.
Meanwhile, we also see a video player UI for Fitbit videos that makes use of large buttons that morph when tapped. This is an example of playful and expressive motion.
We get a close look at Google Meet for Android. A large pill-shaped button is leveraged to “Join” a call, while you can see the more vibrant use of color.
Once in a call, Google Meet is making use of the toolbar for controls.
Meanwhile, this session says Google Chat is already using the new floating toolbar. I personally think that component functions like a navigation bar (or bottom bar).
Earlier in the talk, Google said: “Where app bar supports navigation, toolbar provides critical actions for the current page.” To me Chat’s Home, Direct Messages, Sections, Mentions, and Starred sections — or tabs — are closer to parts of the app that you navigate to than “critical actions.”
Also worth nothing in this video is a concept Material 3 Expressive media player.
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