Gmail With Material You on Android 12 is Smokin’ Hot
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Gmail With Material You on Android 12 is Smokin’ Hot

Material You, the new UI and general theme for Android 12, is coming to Gmail. Material You is also about dynamic color usage, based on the theme your device is using, which can be based partly on the wallpaper your device is currently using. When all used together, Material You can make for one helluva aesthetic, something we’re really looking forward to once it’s all complete and rolled out to users.

Thanks to XDA, we’re getting our first good look at Material You for Gmail. It appears to be rolling out slowly (server side), with colors from this person’s wallpaper leaking straight into Gmail. It’s an earthly green tone here, but we assume the tones can change based on your own device’s appearance.

This individual is running version 2021.08.24.394054613 of Gmail, but again, it’s a server side change, so don’t expect to see the same thing — even if you’re on that same version of the app. Be on the lookout for this, folks. If you get it, send us some screenshots. I want to see all of the beautiful color options.

In a couple of months, I’ll be rocking a Pixel 6 Pro and Material You with my favorite Google apps. I can hardly contain myself. It’s going to look so good!

// XDA

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Stumbling upon Droid Life randomly after purchasing a Motorola DROID in late 2009, then setting out to learn everything he could about Android, Tim quickly became an integral part of the site's comment section. After quite some time of strictly commenting on Droid Life, Tim was offered an opportunity to write feature stories for the site, such as custom ROM overviews, as well as interviews with Android community members. Following success of those, Tim became a full time writer and editor for Droid Life, now spending his time on news articles, device reviews, producing videos, and much more. Tim currently resides in Portland, OR with his longtime girlfriend and two wonderful dog children (Loki & Thor). In his spare time, Tim enjoys playing guitar, drinking coffee, practicing photography, and destroying kids on Call of Duty.

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22 Comments

  • Idk, I’m not feeling several parts of 12, this is one of them. Might push me off the Pixel completely.

  • “In a couple of months, I’ll be rocking a Pixel 6 Pro and Material You
    with my favorite Google apps. I can hardly contain myself. It’s going to
    look so good!”

    Pointless to review other devices when you cuck back to Pixel every fall.

  • G Suite user here. I’d like to thank DL for letting me know what features I’ll probably never be getting. 🙁

  • Giving Gmail the look of having pea soup smeared across it is hardly what I’d call ‘hot’, but, to each their own. ????????‍♂️

  • So much wasted space at the bottom with that tab containing one feature we all use and three we don’t lol
    Hope it can be turned off.

    • At least for now, yes. If you go into the settings, then the settings specific to the affected email address, under “General” there’s a checkbox to enable/disable the Chat tabs.

      After I did this, I got prompted with a survey asking why I disabled it. Knowing Google, they’ll remove the option at some point and ignore feedback.

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