With Google I/O 2015 well underway, we’re rapidly approaching the one-year anniversary of Material Design — the dramatic redesign of Android and other Google products unveiled at last year’s developers’ conference. 

Material Design introduced a new look not only to the Android operating system but also to the ecosystem of apps that surrounds it. For the past 11+ months, developers have been working tirelessly to update their apps and make them feel like a proper part of the modern Android universe — and it shows: By Google’s own estimation, the Play Store now holds nearly a quarter million apps with Material-themed designs. 

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