<s>
Material	B-Application
Design	I-Application
(	O
codenamed	O
Quantum	B-Application
Paper	I-Application
)	O
is	O
a	O
design	O
language	O
developed	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
in	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Expanding	O
on	O
the	O
"	O
cards	O
"	O
that	O
debuted	O
in	O
Google	B-Application
Now	I-Application
,	O
Material	B-Application
Design	I-Application
uses	O
more	O
grid-based	O
layouts	O
,	O
responsive	O
animations	O
and	O
transitions	O
,	O
padding	O
,	O
and	O
depth	O
effects	O
such	O
as	O
lighting	O
and	O
shadows	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
announced	O
Material	B-Application
Design	I-Application
on	O
June	O
25	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
at	O
the	O
2014	O
Google	B-Application
I/O	I-Application
conference	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
purpose	O
of	O
Material	B-Application
Design	I-Application
is	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
a	O
new	O
visual	O
language	O
that	O
combines	O
principles	O
of	O
good	O
design	O
with	O
technical	O
and	O
scientific	O
innovation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
states	O
that	O
their	O
new	O
design	O
language	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
paper	O
and	O
ink	O
but	O
implementation	O
takes	O
place	O
in	O
an	O
advanced	O
manner	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2018	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
detailed	O
a	O
revamp	O
of	O
the	O
language	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
focus	O
on	O
providing	O
more	O
flexibility	O
for	O
designers	O
to	O
create	O
custom	O
"	O
themes	O
"	O
with	O
varying	O
geometry	O
,	O
colors	O
,	O
and	O
typography	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
released	O
Material	O
Theme	O
Editor	O
exclusively	O
for	O
the	O
macOS	B-Application
design	O
application	O
Sketch	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Material	B-Application
Design	I-Application
was	O
to	O
be	O
gradually	O
extended	O
throughout	O
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
array	O
of	O
web	O
and	O
mobile	O
products	O
,	O
providing	O
a	O
consistent	O
experience	O
across	O
all	O
platforms	O
and	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
has	O
also	O
released	O
application	B-Application
programming	I-Application
interfaces	I-Application
(	O
APIs	B-Application
)	O
for	O
third-party	O
developers	O
to	O
incorporate	O
the	O
design	O
language	O
into	O
their	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
canonical	B-General_Concept
implementation	I-General_Concept
of	O
Material	B-Application
Design	I-Application
for	O
web	O
application	O
user	O
interfaces	O
is	O
called	O
Polymer	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
consists	O
of	O
the	O
Polymer	B-Language
library	O
,	O
a	O
shim	B-General_Concept
that	O
provides	O
a	O
Web	B-Language
Components	I-Language
API	B-Application
for	O
browsers	O
that	O
do	O
not	O
implement	O
the	O
standard	O
natively	O
,	O
and	O
an	O
elements	O
catalog	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
"	O
paper	O
elements	O
collection	O
"	O
that	O
features	O
visual	O
elements	O
of	O
the	O
Material	B-Application
Design	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
also	O
has	O
created	O
an	O
accompanying	O
icon	O
set	O
licensed	O
under	O
the	O
Apache	B-Application
2.0	I-Application
license	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
2018	O
revamp	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
began	O
redesigning	O
most	O
of	O
their	O
apps	O
into	O
a	O
customized	O
and	O
adapted	O
version	O
of	O
Material	B-Application
Design	I-Application
called	O
the	B-Application
Google	I-Application
Material	O
Theme	O
,	O
also	O
dubbed	O
"	O
Material	B-Application
Design	I-Application
2	O
"	O
,	O
which	O
heavily	O
emphasizes	O
white	O
space	O
,	O
rounded	O
corners	O
,	O
colorful	O
icons	O
,	O
bottom	O
navigation	O
bars	O
,	O
and	O
utilizes	O
a	O
special	O
size-optimized	O
version	O
of	O
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
proprietary	O
Product	O
Sans	O
font	O
called	O
Google	B-Application
Sans	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
Google	B-Application
I/O	I-Application
in	O
May	O
2021	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
announced	O
a	O
new	O
concept	O
on	O
Android	B-Application
12	I-Application
known	O
as	O
"	O
Material	O
You	O
"	O
(	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
"	O
Material	B-Application
Design	I-Application
3	O
"	O
)	O
,	O
emphasizing	O
increased	O
animation	O
,	O
larger	O
buttons	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
ability	O
for	O
custom	O
UI	O
themes	O
to	O
be	O
generated	O
from	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
wallpaper	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Material	O
You	O
was	O
gradually	O
rolled	O
out	O
to	O
various	O
Google	B-Application
apps	O
on	O
older	O
Android	B-Application
versions	O
in	O
the	O
following	O
months	O
,	O
and	O
acted	O
as	O
a	O
major	O
focus	O
on	O
the	O
Pixel	B-Device
6	I-Device
and	O
Pixel	B-Device
6	I-Device
Pro	I-Device
smartphone	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
