The Android operating system for Pixel smartphones will not draw inspiration from Apple’s design or adopt a Liquid Glass aesthetic, Google Android president Sameer Samat recently said (via 9to5Google). In response to a mockup on social media of an Android device with a Liquid Glass design, Samat said: “This is not happening! Y’all are wild.”
The mockup was in response to a teaser video for The Android Show: I/O, which depicted the Android mascot pulling a switch and becoming translucent. The teaser led Android users to believe that Google would adopt an iOS-like design for Android.
Google’s Pixel devices use its Android operating system, but Google also allows other smartphone manufacturers to use Android. Companies like Oppo and Xiaomi offer variants of Android that have been updated with similarities to Apple’s Liquid Glass, and even Samsung has imitated some of Apple’s design elements.
Apple introduced the Liquid Glass design in iOS 26, iPadOS 26, macOS 26, watchOS 26, and tvOS 26, with a unified design across all of its software platforms. The new design was a major change for Apple users and is not universally popular.
Google has been using its Material Design since 2014, although it has been updated several times since then. Google introduced Material 3 Expressive in 2025, adding more natural, dynamic animations and dynamic color themes.
Although Samat has said that Google will not adopt Liquid Glass, rumors suggest that it will adopt translucency. Google is rumored to add more blur in Android 17, providing a flatter, more frosted glass look. Google will reveal more about Android 17 on May 12.