Android 16’s Material 3 Expressive shows just how bad iOS 26’s redesign really is

Forget summer already; it’s software season, and it’s positively raining betas. Between Android 16 and the new iOS 26, I’ve been knee-deep in mobile OSs and, well… I have notes.

If you’re a regular reader, you might know that I’m not a huge fan of Google’s new Material 3 Expressive. I don’t hate it, but certainly don’t love its paranoia of anything approaching a right-angle. But compared to what Apple’s been cooking up in iOS 26, Material 3 Expressive looks like the modern-day Creation of Adam.