It makes me beyond annoyed that google seems to insist on radically changing the design of their apps every 6 months, for no discernible reason, with no unifying theme or thread or underlying rationale.
How so? This is Material 2 compliant. The last "style" they had was Material 1, which was 5 years ago.
I really wish they'd just stop .
There seems to be some suggestion this was done for the purposes of enabling dark mode, which has never made the slightest bit of sense tbh.
Pretty much any other company would die from this kind of wheel spinning and frantic behavior, they’re fortunate to get away with it.