Google Says Pixel Phones Won't Get Apple's Liquid Glass...
Google will add more blur to Android 17, but Sameer Samat said the company will keep evolving Material Design instead of copying Apple.
- On Tuesday, May 5, 2026, Sameer Samat, Google's President of the Android Ecosystem, confirmed on Twitter that Android will not adopt Apple's Liquid Glass design, saying "Not happening."
- The Android Show teaser featuring The Bot turning transparent led users to theorize that Google might adopt Apple's bubbly, semitransparent design language seen in iOS 26.
- Unlike Google, Companies such as Oppo, Xiaomi, and Samsung have incorporated glass-like UI elements into their Android versions, mimicking Apple's menu designs and button placements.
- Google continues evolving its Material Design, including the Expressive Edition with natural animations, and will reveal more updates next week without a full Liquid Glass overhaul.
- Apple's Liquid Glass remains divisive, with critics citing visual distractions and difficulty parsing menus; Google's rejection prioritizes functional clarity over following competitor design trends.
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Google denies copying Liquid Glass, but nobody's buying it
Macworld Google has posted a promo for its annual I/O developer conference, which takes place this year on May 12. But a lot of the responses are focusing on exactly the wrong thing: the promo video looks an awful lot like Apple’s Liquid Glass interface aesthetic. “Biggest. Android. Updates. Ever,” wrote Android ecosystem president Sameer Samat in a post to X/Twitter this week. “You won’t want to miss it.” Good advice; you never know what ideas…
Google spreads the idea of an interface like Liquid Glass from Apple on Android, at least on its Pixel smartphones. The company defends its own visual trajectory for Android, even though Android 17 could still integrate more transparency and blur. Liquid Glass remains on iOS The message came directly from Sameer Samat, president [...] Read more... Follow iPhoneAddict.fr on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter Don't forget to download our free iAdd…
Google apparently does not want to convert its pixel smartphones towards Liquid Glass. As Ben Schoon of 9to5Google reports, Android boss Sameer Samat has reacted clearly to a corresponding mockup in social networks. Meaningfully: That won't happen. Not happening! Y'all are wild. — Sameer Samat (@ssamat) May 5, 2026 The trigger was a short teaser to "The Android Show: I/O". In it, the Android mascot was to be seen, which suddenly seemed more tran…
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