Google Android's UI/UX Changes

[u/SpeckOfInternet]

Is it just me or is the Android UI becoming increasingly difficult to navigate and in that same vein, becoming more like iOS? In the first example screenshot, there is no longer a "Contacts button" at the bottom. Instead the Contacts button is now "View Contacts" not aligned with anything else in the UI, it's just floating in the middle right of the screen like an afterthought. This is objectively bad UI design.

When I open my (tbc. this is the Google Calendar App) calendar to view a specific day, EVENTS are HIDDEN behind a "+3" drop down. Who is this for!? Who taps on a specific day and says, "I don't want to see everything going on today."??? Admittedly calendars can get cluttered but the majority of events on anyone's calendar are important. I want to be the one to minimize something important to get it out of the way. I don't want something IMPORTNAT HIDDEN BY DEFAULT.