After testing earlier this year, Google is now widely rolling out a Material 3 redesign of Gmail on iPhone and iPad.
While the design language is widely available in Google’s Android and web apps, iOS adoption has been much slower.
In Gmail, it starts with a pill-shaped search bar replacing the rounded rectangle. The bottom bar, if you have the integrated Google Chat and/or Meet experience enabled, identifies your current tab with another pill instead of highlighting the icon.
Old vs. new
The “Compose” button is now a rounded rectangle. Blue is used as the accent color throughout the application, with red being mostly retired.
Gmail’s navigation drawer with your folders and labels is unchanged. In the message view, one tweak sees the three-dot overflow icon go horizontal.
This “refreshed look and feel” is meant to match the Android and web experience. We’re seeing this Material 3 redesign rolled out with version 6.0.250413 of Gmail for iPhone and iPad. Overall, it is a pretty straightforward modernization.
On iOS, Material 3 is available in Google Chat, Home, Maps, Meet, Photos, and Search.
Meanwhile, Google Calendar, which is an app using the previous design language, for iOS is getting the ability to “create and modify birthday events.” Once available, creating a new event reveals “Birthday” as an option alongside “Event” and “Task.” This is not yet widely rolled out.
More on Gmail:
- Gmail rolls out adjustable layout on Android tablets, foldables
- Gmail for Android, iOS can now use your web (email) signature
- Gmail rolling out AI-powered ‘Most relevant’ search update
- Gmail adding Gemini-powered ‘Add to Calendar’ that auto-detects event details
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