Google launches Android Material 4 with adaptive motion, tokenized themes and accessibility presets

Design · 5 min read

Material 4 focuses on runtime design primitives: a motion system that codifies choreography for entrance/exit, transformation and cross-component transitions, plus a tokenized theming model that supports inheritance, dynamic scaling and design-time sampling.

The library now ships accessibility presets—sets of contrast, sizing, and motion preferences—that apps can toggle based on system or user settings. Designers can prototype these within Figma libraries provided by Google and export tokens to Android projects with a one-click sync.

Material 4 also introduces a standards-focused checklist for adaptive layouts across foldables and large screens, plus tooling in Android Studio to preview token cascades and simulate reduced-motion and high-contrast scenarios.