It’s been two years since we first heard about Material You, and Google is still squeezing it into different corners of the Android experience. While the Discover Feed in the Pixel Launcher has some Material You influence, the company is making it better. The Discover Feed is going to get better Dynamic Colors.
At this point, most Google apps will match the colors present in your wallpaper. The company has been slowly changing their visual aesthetics in order to create a unified experience. This is also happening among its web apps along with mobile apps. It’s a lot different from what we’ve been seeing just a couple of years ago.
The Discover Feed is getting better dynamic Colors
As it stands, the Discover feed does have some Material You influence. However, it’s not much. The “Google” text up top will reflect your color scheme and the floating menu (the one you get when you tap on your profile picture) will have a subtle hint of that color. That’s pretty much it.
However, according to 9To5Google, the company is going to make it more apparent. An upcoming update will change the background color of the Discover Feed interface to match the Dynamic Colors. Also, the text will better reflect your colors. You can see this in the screenshots below.
This was discovered in the beta version of the Google app (version 14.26), but it’s not widely rolled out. We weren’t able to see it on our Pixel 6. We’re not sure just when the company is going to release it to the public.
In any case, it’s nice that the company is making this change. The Dynamic Color feature has been pretty widely accepted. Google has been making improvements to this feature over the past two versions of Android. We came from only having four selections of pastel color schemes. Now, there are plenty more options to choose from. It lets you better customize your phone’s software.
2023-07-05 15:05:37