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<\/p>\nPosted by Ivy Knight \u2013 Senior Design Advocate<\/em><\/p>\n Here\u2019s your guide to the essential Android Design sessions, resources, and announcements for I\/O \u201825:<\/p>\n The Android Show had a special I\/O edition this year with some exciting announcements like Material Expressive!<\/p>\n Learn more about the new Live Update Notification templates in the Android Notifications & Live Updates<\/a> for an in-depth look at what they are, when to use them, and why. You can also get the Live Update design template in the Android UI Kit<\/a>, read more in the updated Notification guidance<\/a>, and get hands-on with the Jetsnack Live Updates and Widget case study<\/a>.<\/p>\n Get a jump on the future of Google\u2019s UX design: Material 3 Expressive. Learn how to use new emotional design patterns to boost engagement, usability, and desire for your product in the Build Next-Level UX with Material 3 Expressive<\/a><\/b> session and check out the expressive update on Material.io<\/a>.<\/p>\n Stay up to date with Android Accessibility Updates<\/a><\/b>, highlighting accessibility features launching with Android 16: enhanced dark themes, options for those with motion sickness, a new way to increase text contrast, and more.<\/p>\n Catch the Mastering text input in Compose<\/a><\/b> session to learn more about how engaging robust text experiences are built with Jetpack Compose. It covers Autofill integration, dynamic text resizing, and custom input transformations. This is a great session to watch to see what\u2019s possible when designing text inputs.<\/p>\n These design resources and sessions can help you design across more Android form factors or update your existing experiences.<\/p>\n Preview Gemini in-car, imagining seamless navigation and personalized entertainment in the New In-Car App Experiences<\/a><\/b> session. Then explore the new Car UI Design Kit<\/a><\/b> to bring your app to Android Car platforms and speed up your process with the latest Android form factor kit.<\/p>\n Engaging with users on Google TV with excellent TV apps<\/a><\/b> session discusses new ways the Google TV experience is making it easier for users to find and engage with content, including improvement to out-of-box solutions and updates to Android TV OS.<\/p>\n Want a peek at how to bring immersive content, like 3D models, to Android XR with the Building differentiated apps for Android XR with 3D Content<\/a><\/b> session.<\/p>\n Plus WearOS is releasing an updated design kit @AndroidDesign Figma<\/a> and learning Pathway<\/a>.<\/p>\n We\u2019ve also released the following new Android design guidance to help you design the best Android experiences:<\/p>\n In-app Settings<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n Read up on the latest suggested patterns to build out your app\u2019s settings.<\/p>\n Help and Feedback<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n Along with settings, learn about adding help and feedback to your app.<\/p>\n Widget Configuration<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n Does your app need setup? New guidance to help guide in adding configuration to your app\u2019s widgets.<\/p>\n Edge-to-edge design<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n Allow your apps to take full advantage of the entire screen with the latest guidance on designing for edge-to-edge.<\/p>\n Check out figma.com\/@androiddesign<\/a> for even more new and updated resources.<\/b><\/p>\n Visit the I\/O 2025 website, build your schedule<\/a>, and engage with the community. If you are at the Shoreline come say hello to us in the Android tent<\/b> at our booths.<\/p>\n We can’t wait to see what you create with these new tools and insights. Happy I\/O!<\/p>\n Explore this announcement and all Google I\/O 2025 updates on io.google<\/a> starting May 22.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEi18gLLexq6txZXoiWtCEPrNZ1X2Wbgs78zFBz9HpTIDx5fSfJeKJCqrSyyKzj7gEE9C5_5AXQY7oexSEq5cNaieUvQPEegLnN-tunLnf2pm32X_2nJbba9IyYPl_txkmEViX9CArDVLHsn2sF_2FC7O55aq6b7R4qbROXG0u0vINlsgM3vr8hhU_EhPz8\/s1600\/android-design-google-io-2025-banner.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\nCheck out the latest Android updates<\/span><\/h2>\n
The Android Show: I\/O Edition<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n
Make your apps more expressive<\/span><\/h2>\n
Thinking across form factors<\/span><\/h2>\n
Tip top apps<\/span><\/h2>\n