Material You has remained relatively unchanged since it was introduced back in 2021. While we all appreciate the dynamic theming capability, people have been asking for more customization options for it. Well, according to 9To5Google, it seems that Google might bring bolder Material You colors for Android 14.
There have been some improvements to the dynamic theming capabilities in Android. Android 12 gave you four different options for wallpaper color schemes and Android 13 gave you 16 of them. So, Google is thinking about how to better customize your custom theme. The only issue is that no matter what color scheme you choose, you are stuck with the pastel color palette.
Android 14 may bring bolder Material You colors
The Pixel phones all have beautiful OLED displays, so it’d really be nice to have a color palette that utilizes their full capabilities. The pastel colors are definitely nice to look at, but sometimes, we want to see more robust colors.
Google recently posted a video to Twitter showing off this new bolder color palette. However, the company did not outright say that it’s coming to Android 14. It’s easy to assume that, seeing as we are in the beta testing stage for Android 14.
We see different portions of the UI in these new colors, and they’re all a lot bolder than what we see now. According to 9To5Google, these may be part of the upcoming Fidelity colors that we’ve heard about before.
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— Google Design (@GoogleDesign) April 27, 2023
This is all leaked information, so you’ll want to take it with a grain of salt. The code for this new theme is not present in the beta version of Android 14. Rather, the code for this was found in the Android Open-Source Project.
Based on the code, and a test app that 9To5Google was able to construct for this, it seems that the theme will directly mimic the wallpaper’s colors. So, instead of the software deadening the colors to make the pastel aesthetic, it may put them directly in the operating system.
At this point, it’s tough to tell, so we will have to wait and see. Future beta versions for Android 14 will come out. Hopefully, we will see this bolder aesthetic in future versions. In fact, there’s a chance that Google May introduce this during Google I/O which will happen on May 10th.
2023-04-29 15:06:40