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- By Tushar MehtaAssembleDebug•18 minutes ago•0•Stephen Schenck / Android AuthorityTL;DR Google Clock may soon bring back the option to dismiss or snooze alarms by sliding.
- The option was replaced by buttons with Clock’s Material 3 Expressive redesign.
- In addition to testing this change, Google is also bringing two minor tweaks to Clock with the latest update.
- Google’s Android team spent a significant chunk of 2025 overhauling various system apps with the more modern Material 3 Expressive UI.
- One of the apps that received a refresh was Google Clock, which introduced extensive changes, including prominent fonts, larger buttons, and more vibrant background colors.



