Overview

• Google’s Wear OS Messages app is the latest to adopt Material 3 Expressive following earlier updates to Gmail, Keep, Calendar and Gemini on smartwatches.
• Interface changes include tinted chat bubbles, color-filled buttons, dynamically shaped list options and icons with accompanying text.
• The update was first spotted by Telegram user jolivekoffi on a Pixel Watch 3, indicating its limited and selective availability.
• Deployment relies on server-side flags and device-specific rollouts, leaving many users without visible updates despite running the latest app version.
• Google is simultaneously testing Material 3 Expressive for Messages on Android phones and has implemented similar visual overhauls in Google Keep and Google Phone.