Some of this (especially the newfound emphasis on rounded corners) gives it a very iOS-like vibe, so I’m wondering if we’re close to hitting “peak UX” on mobile.
Either way, Google needs to sort out what to do with OEMs like Samsung, who fill their phones with so much redundant crap (witness Bixby on the S8, together with all the other cruft they added) and remain an OS upgrade bottleneck.