Google Contacts’ Expressive redesign may have an annoying drawback

• Google is expanding its Material 3 Expressive redesign in the Contacts app. • It is now experimenting with redesigning the interface for sharing contacts using VCF files. • The change, however, also adds “review” screens, increasing the number of steps in the sharing process.

Google Phone and Contacts apps have already received a Material 3 Expressive treatment for their main UI elements. And now, Google appears to be cleaning up finer areas, adding the Expressive design to another small section of the Contacts app.

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Google is now testing a reformed interface for sharing contact files in VCF format. We’ve spotted this test as part of the version 4.69.26.834551863 of Google Contacts.