May 11, 2022

Design for everyone

Material Design’s latest accessibility, color, and components are featured at I/O

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Let’s get personal: Accessible design at I/O 2022

This year at I/O, Material Design is putting a spotlight on accessibility. Our tech sessions, new guidelines, and developer learning pathways are designed to both introduce and expand upon Material's approach to accessible product design.

Last year at I/O we introduced Material You, an evolution of our design language that foregrounds personal preferences and adaptive capabilities. This year, we’re excited to showcase how the dynamic color system is just the beginning of how Material helps you design and build for the needs of individuals.

In researching and building accessibility foundations for Material You, the design team resonated with wisdom found in disability studies: “I try to position people with disabilities, in their own claimed bodies, as makers of meaning—rather than as surfaces reflecting the meaning of others.” (Jay Timothy Dolmage, Disability Rhetoric)

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Launching at I/O 2022

Take a look at our roundup of what launched this week to help you get started creating beautiful, personal, and accessible experiences.

New guidelines

Accessibility foundations including new patterns and principles

Redesigned switch component, including color contrast and accessibility specs

Introducing the design to implementation framework that optimizes experiences for screen reader users and other modes of assistive tech navigation

Tech sessions

Let’s get personal: Designing accessibility for individuals

This session explores how Material Design’s latest features enable designers and developers to build beautiful products for all. We’ll share new research informing component updates and will walk through the ways that Material You generates color schemes with the necessary contrast ratios–by default!

Google’s Accessible Design Framework

Get started with best practices for design-to-eng handoffs with Google’s framework for documenting structure, flow, and elements essential for defining accessible experiences.

Codelabs

Accessible apps with Jetpack Compose

Designing with accessible colors

Look out for more to come on Material.io this year as we continue to work on improving the experience of contrast and critical features for accessible components.