While it is true that Material Design came to Android long ago as the new standard interface design that was later applied to many applications and services, Gmail still had the classic design in browsers. Well, it seems that Gmail will finally have the Material Design in the browser.
Gmail with Material Design
Despite the fact that Gmail is the most widely used email platform in the world, it doesn't even have the design innovations that Android does. It is precisely because it is such a widely used email platform that there is no new design, as it could be too complex for users.
However, it now seems that definitively Gmail will have the Material Design interface. Actually, it should not be a novelty, but rather it is a modification that comes when everyone would already believe that Gmail has an interface that is too classic and that it does not resemble the interfaces of current online services.
La new version of Gmail for browsers should be available in the fourth quarter of 2017Therefore, as of October, some users may already have the new interface. Logically, it will be progressively available to more and more users, as a trial version to see what users think about the new interface, or trying to find possible errors that may be in the new version.
So from October the new Gmail interface would be available. In fact, it may also be announced on October 4. It will be the October 4 when the new Google Pixel 2 and Google Pixel 2 XL will be officially presented, the two new high-end smartphones.