Google Keep is getting a visual update, part of a broad visual rebranding to the rest of Google’s apps. This update, Material 3 Expressive Redesign, will provide a new, streamlined feel that is consistent with other newly updated Google apps. It includes Gmail and Messages to provide a sleeker, more unified user experience.
Users who turn to Google Keep on a regular basis will feel like the refreshed design gives them a more coherent, easier-to-navigate layout that aligns with the overall Android design language.
The High-Level Visual Differences Quickly Summarized
It is a bit taller, and the text now says “Search Keep,” clarifying what it is doing.
This modification falls in line with Material design principles that only allow several actions in the top-app bar, which creates a simpler appearance.
The grid/list switcher and some sort-by option are moved, making the top bar even less confusing.
The containers are rounded, and the pill icons are free-standing:
The containers are rounded, and the pill icons are free-standing: Breaks that used to be plain icons are now put neatly in rounded shapes.
Equivalently, the buttons on the bottom of a note to add a checklist, an image, or a drawing have been transformed into circles, and the menu overflow button is transformed into a clean pill-shaped icon.
Floating Action Button (FAB) Tweaks:
The well-known FAB is also improved. The new visual flair that comes along with the introduction of the menu with the options to create a new note as a list, audio, image, or drawing aligns with the expressive design.
Is it live in Me? Availability, Versions
This implies that you can be using the latest update of the app, but still not access the new interface immediately.
The switch on the server side is being switched over progressively to users all over the world, including those in.
This was expanded on with 5.25.282.00.90 and, most recently, 5.25.332.00.90. What seems to allow a wide deployment is the latest version.
How To Have the Redesign Come Earlier
If you have not yet received the new look, there are some actions you can perform to get the server-side update to work:
Update the Keep App
Force-stop and Clear Cache
Relaunch the app
Restart Your Device
Why Google Rearanged the App Bar
The newly designed search bar, addition of icons, ns, and positioning is not just a form of beauty. Guidelines discipline material structures that indicate that the upper app bar should not contain over two actions.
This new layout style is more minimalistic because the profile image and hamburger menu are moveable to the side, and as such, it leaves the main search area to be focused and less cluttered.
Premises: Old ui vs. New Visual
Search Bar: The search bar used to be flatter and less visually distinct, with a hamburger icon in it. The new design is tall, with a more defined container, and the icons are outside the search field.
Note Actions: Note actions, pinning, and archiving used to be simple icons. In the new design, they have been put in separate and rounded square boxes.
Design of Buttons: The old buttons were icons. New buttons are pill or round-shaped, which offer a fresher and more touchy look.
FAQ
Is there anything new that is functional?
This is not so much a visual change; this is a visual refresh. The most important functions of Google Keep, like note creation and list making, as well as sharing, are present.
Will I get this look to ike Wear OS Keep?
Google is already in the process of implementing Material 3 Expressive to the Wear OS platform, and hence it can reasonably be in expectation that the same redesign will subsequently be applied to the Google Keep app on smartwatches.
What happens to the redesign?
The redesign is rolling out on the server side, so the most effective way to receive it is by making sure your app is on the latest version.
