Google is rolling out the Material 3 Expressive redesign for Chrome on Android. It changes the shape of many buttons into rounded shapes, and makes menus easier to read.
Google announced the Material 3 Expressive redesign in May 2025, with a focus on glanceable elements, dynamic colors, animations, and consistency across the UI (as pictured above).
Tap on the three-dot menu in Chrome on your Android device, and you should see the new design. The update, which was spotted by 9to5Google, changes the shapes of the containers to rounded buttons. This applies to the forward, bookmark, downloads, site info, and the refresh button, that are all housed at the top of the overflow menu.
Previously, these options didn't stand out, they felt like they were part of the vertical list, sort of blending in. The redesign makes them a tad easier to see. If you bookmark a page, the star button shapeshifts into a rounded-square. It's a subtle, yet very noticeable tweak.
Chrome's progress bar has also been changed, when you load a web page, you may notice that the bar has rounded corners too. The tab switcher's Tab Grid also reflects the new design. The plus symbol, aka the new tab button, has a rounded square container. It has a dynamic color background, which depends on your theme. Similarly, the other buttons on the page including Tab, Incognito mode, and Groups all have their own containers now, each with a squircle design (rounded square).
Tab Groups now use the color that you assigned for the group, which helps identify them quickly.
Despite these changes in the shapes, design, nothing has been changed in terms of functions in Chrome for Android. That's probably a good thing, otherwise it could end up confusing users.
Tip: Chrome on Android can now read web pages like a podcast.
The Material 3 Expressive design for Chrome on Android is rolling out to version 141 of the app, as a server-side update. Well, it looks a lot better than Material You, that's for sure.
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