TL;DRGoogle is adding a new “reduce blur effects” toggle to address readability issues caused by its new Material 3 Expressive design.This new accessibility setting, available in the 2509 Android Canary build, disables background blur system-wide to improve text visibility.It replaces a developer option, making it much easier for regular users to find and enable the feature once it rolls out.The team at Android Authority is a big fan of Android’s new Material 3 Expressive redesign, and it seems we’re not alone. According to our recent poll, nearly 63% of you love it too, while most of the remaining 37% find it acceptable. For the small fraction of our readers who dislike the new design, the primary complaint is readability. Material 3 Expressive makes copious use of background blur effects, which, while visually appealing, comes at the cost of text visibility.Although this may not affect most people, the reduced contrast poses an accessibility challenge for some users. To address this, Google plans to roll out a new Android setting that reduces these background blur effects. Last month, Mindy Brooks, Google’s VP of Product Management and User Experiences on the Android Platform, told me this new setting is coming in the “near future,” but she didn’t provide a specific release date.