Matias Duarte Archives

The One Thing We Don’t Know About Tomorrow’s Google Nexus Event…

Kellen September 28, 2015 32

What's that, you thought you knew everything about tomorrow's Google Nexus event? You were wrong. You were wrong because there is always one amazingly unEarthly, fashion somewhere, probably-some-form-of-future-Google-Material-Design-inspired question mark of...

Matias Duarte Hosting ‘Ask Matias Anything’ Next Tuesday at 10am Pacific

Tim February 25, 2015 12

For anyone who might get a kick out of it, Matias Duarte, the overseer of the Android user experience as a whole at Google, is hosting an Ask Matias Anything online event, where users can come ask questions and gets answers from the man himself about design. ...

Video: Matias Duarte Talks Android Wear, Refuses to Give Us a Sneak Peak in Interview

Kellen April 15, 2014 19

Matias Duarte, Android's design guru, sat down last week at the Accel Design Conference with The Verge's Josh Topolsky to talk what else, about design. In his 37 minutes of time, Duarte covers a range of topics from general, broad design ideas to making better...

Matias Duarte Impressed With Facebook Home, Says it Shows a Lot of Polish

Tim April 29, 2013 27

News hit the web today that Matias Duarte, the one and only Android design chief at Google, expressed his feelings on Facebook's Home application, saying the app shows, "an incredible amount of polish." While it is quite obvious Facebook spent a lot of time...

Matias Duarte Talks Tablet UI in Jelly Bean, Lack of SD Card Slots in Nexus Devices

Kellen October 30, 2012 317

Yesterday afternoon, Matias Duarte - the UX master of Android - took to Google+ to field your questions on all things Nexus and Jelly Bean. A number of people responded, prompting Duarte to answer two questions thus far. He tackled the idea of the new tablet...

Google’s New Wireless ‘Charging Orb’ Might Be the Coolest Product Shown Off Today

Eric October 29, 2012 89

Matias Duarte coming to Google to head up Android's user interface was a huge acquisition for all us Android fanboys. Not only has he helped Android to grow up and into its own, but he has influenced many things about the OS since he arrived to help with Ice...

Video: Google Takes Us on a Tour of Android 4.2’s New Features, Nexus 4 and Nexus 10

Kellen October 29, 2012 108

Since Google had to cancel their winter Android event due to Hurricane Sandy, they went ahead and sat down with the folks at The Verge to walk through everything that they had planned to show. In the 15-minute video below, you'll see the Nexus 4 and Nexus 10,...

Matias Duarte Recognized as One of the World’s Top Designers, Says There’s Much More Work to be Done on Android

Tim September 19, 2012 44

Last week, Google's Senior Director of Android User Experience, Matias Duarte was named one of the Top 50 designers that is shaping our world's future. Up there with the creative director from Apple, designers from Twitter, Facebook, and other major companies,...