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Your Google Messages app is shedding its colorful skin for a more refined new look

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After weeks of smaller updates across the app – like refreshed startup branding and some design tweaks – Google is giving its Messages app one more major visual overhaul, bringing the Material 3 Expressive design straight to the main chat screen. This is where most users spend their time, so it makes sense that Google is finally putting the focus here.According to a new report, the first thing you’ll notice is the “plus” menu in the message bar. Gone are the colorful circular icons for Gallery, GIFs, Stickers, Magic Compose, Files, and more. In their place are clean, pill-shaped buttons organized neatly in a grid. The menu now blends with the background of the Messages bar, giving the interface a unified, less cluttered feel.

The old design on the left vs the new one on the right. | Image credit – 9to5Google

Chats themselves have been given a facelift, too. Each message thread now sits inside rounded-corner containers that match the home screen design, while the app bar at the top keeps your call and overflow shortcuts handy. 

Those playful wallpapers? They’ve been swapped for solid backgrounds in both light and dark modes, which makes scrolling through conversations feel a lot cleaner and more refined.

The new design in dark and light mode. | Image credit – 9to5Google

The expressive media picker also got a redesign. A flexible button group at the top now morphs depending on what kind of media you’re working with. The search bar has been moved down, avoiding awkward back-to-back text fields, and Photomoji has been toned down a bit so other media options get more attention.

The expressive media picker also got a redesign. | Image credit – 9to5Google

While this rollout seems like the final visual step of Messages’ long redesign, there is more going on under the hood. The latest beta, for example, hints that Google is starting to roll out QR code-based key verification, a security feature that ensures you are actually talking to the person you think you are. It is a small but important addition as messaging security becomes increasingly important.

All these changes together give Google Messages a fresh, modern feel without sacrificing functionality. Cleaner visuals, smarter media tools, and better security should make it easier – and safer – for users to keep chatting without feeling like the app is stuck in the past.

Your Google Messages app is shedding its colorful skin for a more refined new lookYour Google Messages app is shedding its colorful skin for a more refined new look

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The colorful array of iPhone 17’s new Liquid Glass inspired cases has leaked with images

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The iPhone 17 series will apparently be getting new silicone cases that Apple is calling Liquid Silicone. Though initial details weren’t too fleshed out, a new leak has basically put all the guesswork to rest, and we even have images.

The Liquid Silicone phone cases will be available in the following colors:

  • Midnight Black
  • Gray Blue
  • Dark Blue
  • Celadon
  • Grass Green
  • Pale Orange
  • Deep Orange
  • And Fog Purple

These cases will be available for the entire iPhone 17 series, which includes the new iPhone 17 Air that is replacing the previous Plus models.

All color options for the new Liquid Silicone cases for the entire iPhone 17 lineup. | Image credit — Majin Bu

Interestingly, the source of this leak was also able to provide details about other colors that the company had also tested, but canceled. We may even see these canceled colors later as special releases.

The canned colors were:

  • Black
  • Crag Grey
  • Tannin
  • Lake Green
  • And Carambola

While decent, I think that only the Carambola case stood out from this lineup, so I can see why the company canceled these.

This same source has previously hinted that these Liquid Silicone cases will have a special Liquid Glass design. There are no details on this at the moment, and the renders above do not show any such effects. If I had to guess, it might be similar to the alleged new Liquid Glass color for the iPhone 17 Pro.

Fortunately, Apple has thought about the users who may not be all too thrilled with everything centering around Liquid Glass. There have also been leaks about Apple’s new TechWoven phone cases, an improvement over the company’s previous FineWoven cases that broke apart way too easily.

And this isn’t all! Apple may even bring back an iPhone 4 case for the iPhone 17 Air, likely to help the latter remain looking super slim even when it’s being protected from accidental drops. So, combined with the redesign this year, it’s looking like a very choice-heavy season for iPhone fans.

And we’re only getting started, because Apple has a plan that spans three years.

The colorful array of iPhone 17’s new Liquid Glass inspired cases has leaked with imagesThe colorful array of iPhone 17’s new Liquid Glass inspired cases has leaked with images

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