Google is adding some Material You tweaks to the progress bars, which offer better and more precise visuals to improve the user experience on Android devices. The latest update adds refinements to the visual design and colors of Material You linear and circular progress bar indicators.
It means, the progress bar now features rounded corners, instead of rectangular and maintains a big gap between the active indicator for activities like what has already been played, downloaded, and more. Simultaneously, the color now offers a higher contrast between track and active indicators to enhance the perception of progress.
In addition, the progress bars also add an end-stop indicator to improve accessibility. Which is a 4dp circle that marks the end of a linear determinate progress indicator to meet accessibility standards. The stop indicator is also required if the track has a contrast below 3:1 with its container or the surface behind the container.
However, Google has already started releasing this refinement of progress bars to some applications, and will be implemented to remaining soon. Users can open the Play Store and tap Avatar to see the updated Play Points progress indicator.
