Google Phone for Wear OS getting M3 Expressive 

Like on Android, the Phone by Google app is getting a M3 Expressive redesign on Wear OS.

People are seeing an update to the in-call screen. The end call button hugs the bottom edge of the display. It’s larger than the existing circle for a bigger touch target that’s helpful on this small screen. 

Similarly, the mute and three-dot overflow buttons are further up the screen, with the call duration placed in the middle on the same line. 

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There are similar updates when you’re dialing a number. The Google Phone Wear OS homescreen is presumably also getting M3 Expressive. This is not yet widely rolled out on watches we checked today.

These are modest modernizations that are inline with the in-call screen redesign on phones. The “More” menu still exists, but it’s now a list like Call Assist instead of a grid. The bigger update is the incoming call screen that lets you pick between a left/right slide or buttons to answer calls.

Some users on the beta have the Home, Keypad, and Voicemail bottom bar already, while others have the full revamp with Material 3 Expressive. 

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