Google Unveils Major Android Redesign Ahead of iPhone Overhaul

Google unveiled the biggest update to its Android mobile operating system in years, weeks before its biggest competitor in the space, Apple Inc., is expected to give a preview of its overhauled iPhone software.

The Alphabet Inc. unit is rolling out a new, bolder design language — called Material 3 Expressive — that spans the entire Android operating system as well as Google’s own apps like Gmail, it said in a blog post on Tuesday. The company has compiled a set of design guidelines, which includes using more springy animations, shapes, contrast and larger typography.