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As previewed alongside the Pixel Watch 4 launch in August, Google will begin rolling out a Public Preview of Fitbit Coach “starting tomorrow and over the next week” in the US. The idea is to leverage AI and Gemini models to give you a personal coach, just like how athletes have a team around them providing support. This personal health …

Google is opening up access to the major Fitbit app redesign on Android this week, but there’s a long list of features not available in the preview release just yet. Starting on October 28, the Fitbit app will start allowing users to join the preview program if they are using Android and have a Fitbit Premium subscription while also using …

The rollout of Chrome’s M3 Expressive redesign, which began in late August, is now complete. It comes a few weeks after most first-party apps have received their updates. Opening the three-dot overflow menu reveals how Chrome has placed the forward, bookmark, download, site info, and refresh buttons in circular containers at the top. The star icon’s background becomes a rounded …

Following the announcement last week, the video player, icon, and app-wide redesign is now widely rolling out to YouTube for Android and iOS. All YouTube icons throughout the app have been updated. This includes the top and bottom bars, as well as in the video page/player. In general, icons feature bolder and more rounded outlines that should help visibility.  Old …

The account menu was the last non-Material 3 Expressive aspect of Google Messages and it has now been updated. Like all other Google apps, tapping on the account avatar in the top-right corner now opens a fullscreen page instead of an overlay that let you see the app’s top bar and two or so conversations at the bottom. The first …

After months of testing, Google is finally rolling out a redesigned video player for YouTube, with its new aesthetic reaching across practically every platform you can imagine. It’s a big change, and thanks to YouTube’s virtual monopoly on traditional long-form video content, it’s something everyone’s bound to have feelings on. This new video player finally hit my Google account on …

The YouTube family of apps continue to have their own design language that’s distinct from Google services. YouTube is now rolling out a redesign of the video player across Android, iOS, web, and TV, as well as a handful of other “expressive and intuitive” updates.  The goal of this “updated video player” is to offer a “cleaner and more immersive” …

YouTube is the largest streaming platform, providing millions of hours of content to users all around the world. So, when there is a big change, you can bet you’re going to hear about it. The brand has announced through its YouTube Help community channel that a new visual update is rolling out, along with the addition of new features. A …

After debuting on the Pixel 10 (version 10.0), Google is rolling out the Pixel Camera 10.1 update to older devices with a handful of Material 3 Expressive tweaks. On the viewfinder, the capture button is now a solid circle with a transparent ring. The two buttons flanking it are now rounded squares, with the preview of your last image getting …

The issues could cascade beyond the design. The auto manufacturing industry operates on strict production schedules. Though it builds in time to validate and test whatever new features come in each new model, the sudden intro of a design change late in the process could throw off the delicate timetable. In this decade, China’s auto industry has shocked the world …