Want an Early glimpse at Googleโs Material Design? The search giant this week quietly updated Chrome for Android, which features the flatter, more functional aesthetic. It looks quite nice, and is an especially good look at whatโs to come when Android L hits later this fall. Of course, with the good always comes the bad. Many people are unhappy with the redesignโparticularly with Googleโs decision to remove the refresh icon from the address bar. It looks like Google may have went with fashion over function, but Iโm sure plenty more updates will be available down the road.
Itโs taking them slowly but surely to roll it out, but Google is continuing to apply its Material Design to its products. The latest to have been updated to this new look is something that most Android users probably have on their devices: the Chrome Browser. Version 37 of one of the most popular mobile browsers sees a new look, a simplified sign-in system and more bug fixes and improvements which is always a welcome update. Of course if youโve been on Chrome Browser Beta, then youโve already been enjoying these updates for some time now, since it has been there for almost two months already. But for the more cautious ones who prefer the more โstableโ version of Chrome, then you can now finally officially say that youโve been โmaterializedโ. In preparation for Android L, Google has been changing the design of its products, previously with I/O 2014 and then just a few days ago, its News and Weather app. Now you can see it in the โflatnessโ of your tabs and icons on the Chrome Browser.