Material You Brings a New Look
There’s much more of Material You in the fourth and fifth betas compared to the first. It still isn’t quite the full array of customization we’ve seen in renders, but you will see the color-stripping part populate across the interface. Even the Google logo has been made over to match with the accent color extracted from the wallpaper.
To see the Material You theming in action, long-press on the Home screen and select Wallpaper & style. Then, choose a photo from your files or any of the stock options offered by Google. Once you select an image and whether you want it displayed across both the Home and Lock screens, Android will pick a color that matches the background.
The color-matching is very subtle in the current iteration, and it’s not entirely clear how the OS makes its choice. But it looks much more cohesive in the fourth Android 12 beta and beyond. The Lock screen remains the most prominent showcase of the Material You style.
