TNW 387: Android's New Design Language - Android 16 & Material 3 Expressive
Tech News Weekly (Audio)
Leo Laporte
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🗓️ 15 May 2025
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Dan Moren joins Mikah Sargent this week! A quick preview of Android 16 and Material 3 Expressive ahead of Google I/O with CNET. If you received a 'Lopez Voice Assistant' email, you may be owed a settlement. Apple is finally rolling out its rebranded 'CarPlay Ultra', which was unveiled years ago. And the age of paranoia with deepfakes and scams.
- Patrick Holland of CNET joins Mikah to talk about his first look into Android 16 and Material 3, ahead of Google I/O on May 20th.
- Mikah shares that if you received an email titled 'Lopez Voice Assistant,' don't delete it! You could be eligible for up to $100 as part of Apple's Siri settlement.
- Dan Moren talks about Apple rolling out its 'CarPlay Ultra' that was unveiled three years ago and the car brands supporting this feature.
- And Mikah chats about a great Wired piece about the 'Age of Paranoia', which talks about AI-driven frauds and how more people are proactively verifying their online interactions.
Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Dan Moren
Guest: Patrick Holland
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| 0:00.0 | Coming up on Tech News Weekly, CNETS, Patrick Holland joins us to talk about Android's new design language and theft detection technology. |
| 0:08.1 | Then, who is Dan Morin? |
| 0:10.5 | That's the guy who's joining me from Six Colors to talk about the Siri class action lawsuit and the new CarPlay Ultra before I round out the show talking about deep fakes in the workplace. |
| 0:22.2 | Stay tuned for Tech News Weekly. |
| 0:26.8 | Podcasts you love. |
| 0:28.6 | From people you trust. |
| 0:31.0 | This is Twitter. |
| 0:34.7 | This is Tech News Weekly, episode 387 with Dan Morin and me, Micah Sargent, recorded Thursday, May 15th, 2025, Android's new design language. |
| 0:48.4 | Hello and welcome to Tech News Weekly, the show where every week we talk to and about the people making and breaking that tech news. |
| 0:54.6 | I am your host, Micah Sargent. |
| 0:56.9 | And if you're used to us kicking off the show with our stories of the week, well, get used |
| 1:02.8 | to change because this week, I'm excited to say we are joined to kick off the show by the very |
| 1:10.5 | awesome Patrick Holland of CNET. Welcome back to the show, Patrick. |
| 1:14.6 | Hey, thanks for having me. I'm glad to be here. Yeah, pleasure to have you on. So we just recently got a |
| 1:20.7 | little glimpse right at what Google is bringing to Android. And you had the opportunity to write more about that. |
| 1:32.5 | Android 16 introduces the new Material 3 expressive design language. |
| 1:38.1 | And for those who were just catching up, I was hoping you could describe the look and feel of this update, |
| 1:43.0 | perhaps compared to previous versions of Android and the changes in the design language in particular. |
| 1:50.0 | Yeah, and Material 3 Expressive is just a lovely name for design. |
| 1:54.0 | And when you see it, especially on a phone, the elements have these really nice, like nuanced animations. |
| 2:02.6 | It's very personalized, as much as a phone piece of electronics can be, |
| 2:08.6 | meaning that it takes up some of the compliments of colors and things from your wallpaper and things like that. |
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