Material Design is a layout engine developed by Google that enables web and app developers to create high-end user interfaces for both mobile and the internet. It is used by most Android versions of Google applications. Most websites made by Google use Material Design. However, some third party designers also use the term 'Material Design' to refer to a specific layout element or color scheme used in conjunction with a particular design theme. The 'Google Material Design' kit can be downloaded free from google's website.

Parallax is one of the key features of Material Design. Parallax is a revolutionary technique of providing 3D reading experience to any web page. Google has made full use of parallax in its Android apps and website. Parallax is one of the main features of the Google Calendar, Gmail, Google+, and Google Places.

One can use one of the many Material Design widgets or elements available in the Google Android Software package to add parallax effects to their websites. Google has also introduced one of the most comprehensive set of open source libraries for creating highly customizable Google Android applications. This complete set of tools includes fully compatible icons, action bars, text views, tab layouts, component views, and widget elements such as Textidget, ImageView, Popover, Radio Gesture, Checkbox, checkable toggleables and many more. In addition to these Google built in widgets and third party plugins, the Google Android Software package also comes with an extensive range of different standard and custom component plugins such as: