4 reasons the Pixel's Material You is better than Samsung's One UI

For years, we have loved and hated the differences between the user interface and skin of each manufacturer. Consumers see a different thing on the Pixel phones. The Material You skin was given to us with the Pixel 6 series. With the latest version of Android, it has reached OneUI 4.1, and it has its own skin as well.

Material You has mostly been well-received, as a result of a significant shift in the design language of the company. The design language of OneUI 4.1 was the same as the design language of the previous OneUI. The decision to stick with what works isn't necessarily a bad thing, but it's coming up in four years, and the new Material You from Google is helping OneUI show its age.

Setting the stage for my comparison, I use the Pixel 6 Pro and the Z Fold 3 to inform my opinions. My Z Fold 3 has not yet been updated to the new OneUI 4.1. There are a few visual differences, but they won't affect my points. There are four ways that the user interface of the two companies is better.

 Overall, Material You feels fresher 

When the Pixel 6 series was released last October, it ushered in a completely new feel to the user interface. Material Design was the name of the interface before the latest version of Android, and the addition of You makes all the difference. Since only small visual changes have been shown since the beginning of the year, it's no wonder that Material You feels fresh.

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While they have been one of the best phone manufacturers in the world, theirUI was not always popular. The change to OneUI was a big choice. The skin is starting to show its age and that could be due to the fact that it used to be so bad.

You have taken on the idea that bigger is better. The OneUI in previous versions of the OS has three columns of circles, similar to the oblong circles in the notification shade. Material You is a more subdued pastel than the bolder colors used before. The change in the colors of the company had less of an impact.

Jitesh Ubrani, research manager for the worldwide device tracker, told me that the Pixel 6 series is a rebirth of the Pixel line.

Explaining a feeling can be difficult, but when using a phone with a new operating system, it just feels new. A major shift in the design of the interface is what makes it feel fresh. The skin of OneUI still feels old even though it has a new version.

 Material You feels more personable 

It's not about showing personal information or how it fits you when it's personable. It is about being friendly or comforting. By making elements within the Material You theme larger, it makes using the interface seem simpler. If you think of one thing that people say about Apple's interface, it's that it's easy to use.

When I asked him about the benefits of thePixel's interface, he said that it was a simpler interface and that it allowed the phones to do things that other phones couldn't.

While some people prefer a more compact layout that shows more app icons, others find it overwhelming. The new system fonts is bolder and easier to read than the old ones. Larger icons, touchpoints, and fonts are included in the settings menu for better ease of use.

Material You on a Pixel can adapt to make the phone more. The new interface is more personable due to the inclusion of You in Material You. The interface is designed around how you use your phone. Your interactions with the Google Assistant, the apps you frequently use, the wallpaper that you set, and more are included.

The way the interface displays the information and how it is shown is just a little sterile, even though some of these features are in OneUI or something similar.

The changes in the design of the interface are nice, even though it took a shot at improving thewidget. There was a time when the flexibility for resizing widgets was not great on a Pixel device. Material You has been improved, but also has some really unique features.

If you place a blank home page on top of the original size, it will remain true. If you have other apps on your home screen, it will automatically adjust the size of the widget.

Let's start with the dynamic colors. The system will interpret colors from within the wallpaper of your phone and give you options to set the system colors to match. The colors are extended to thewidget. The colors of the home screen will shift depending on where you place it and the colors of the background.

The Pixel's vertically scrolling app drawer is so much better than what SAMSUNG forces on users, that it may seem like a nitpicky type of thing. OneUI's side-by-side paginated syle is not great to use.

I know that a vertically scrolling app drawer isn't exclusive to the Pixel devices, but when I pick up my phone, I want to keep my finger off the screen to get to the app I want. There is an option to search within the app drawer. You don't want to have to use your phone to find your app when you don't have both hands free.

If I need to open an app that I don't use often that it needs to reside on my home screen, I want to be able to get to it in my app drawer quickly and painlessly, with a flick of my finger. It was quick and easy.

I apologize if this offends some of you, but it is true. I say this because I am all for everyone having a choice and using what they like, and that extends to your preference of app drawer style. I would like to see both of the options.

Android's best feature is choice

Many older phones will be updated to the latest version of the OS in the future, but we won't see the new version of the OS on them. Material You will be incorporated onto some devices by some manufacturers. Smaller brands like Moto, and maybe even the one that is called the one that is called the one that is called the one that is called the one that is called the one that is called the one that is called the one that is called the one that is called the one that is called That is probably why the company said it would try to appeal to long-time users with the next OxygenOS.

Don't get me wrong. Material isn't perfect and OneUI 4.1 isn't terrible. I find things to love and things to hate in both the interface. The ability to use various devices from different manufacturers allows you to find what you like. We are all TeamAndroid, no matter which team you are on.