Google Wallet has been on a roll lately. In the past two months alone, the app has gained support from a whopping 36 new banks and credit unions in the US, Klarna integration for Buy Now, Pay Later plans, the arrival of Iowa to its digital ID roster, an intuitive way to add custom passes, and more.
The tech giant is also working on adding ‘Nearby Passes notification‘ support to the app, which, as its name suggests, will use your location to proactively bring up relevant cards or passes when you’re in proximity to a specific location.
Feature-wise, the app has gained significant new bells and whistles, and now the same can be said about its UI.
Android 16’s Material 3 Expressive redesign has begun taking shape on a number of Google’s native apps. We’ve seen it on Gmail, Chrome, Google Messages, Google Calendar, Google Photos, and more. Now, the first signs of the coveted redesign are starting to appear, and it already seems to be making its way out (via 9to5Google).
Early sighting
For what it’s worth, the new design isn’t out widely just yet. There only seems to be one report of it appearing in the wild. That in itself, however, is a positive development.
Once available, users can expect to see these changes in their wallet:
- A new Google Wallet logo on the app’s top left. The logo replaces the current “Wallet” text.
- Pass pills appear larger than their current implementation.
- A ‘+’ floating action button (FAB) instead of a full ‘+ Add to Wallet’ FAB. The new button appears larger than the current implementation.
- A new pill for Archived passes.
- Containers/pills for all recent transactions on the activity page.
Not much else appears to be new here. This is a straightforward redesign that focuses on refinement and making the app look more modern. Availability for now is spotty. The redesign hasn’t made its way to my Pixel 8 running the latest Google Wallet stable 25.24.772650276 build on Android 16 QPR1 Beta 2.1.
Has the new UI been rolled out to you? Let us know in the comments below.
