Google confirms a big change coming to its apps on iOS
(iMore iPhone)

`his evolution of how we approach design for Apple platforms has enabled us to marry the best of UIKit with the highlights of Google`s design language.` What you need to know Google is changing up the way it builds apps on iOS. It is moving from Material Design to Apple`s own UIKit. It should make apps look and perform a lot better than they currently do. Google is improving its apps on iOS by switching to UIKit from Material Design. That`s according to Jeff Verkoeyen, who leads Google`s Design team for apps on Apple`s platforms, such as Google Maps and Gmail. Verkoeyen stated: This year my team shifted the open source Material components libraries for iOS into maintenance mode… The time we`re saving not building custom code is now invested in the long tail of UX details that really make products feel great on Apple platforms. To paraphrase Lucas Pope, we`re `swimming in a sea of minor things`, and I couldn`t be more excited about this new direction. This might a...