Android's GMail update sucks for those that can't stand high values of white, it is like being at an interrogation room with a spotlight on the face.
I agree - there really is a lot of white in the latest update! I'd much prefer a bit of colour to help delineate different sections of the UI, such as the search bar and buttons.
So would everyone except Google's in house design team, which has lost the plot.
There seems to be some suggestion this was done for the purposes of enabling dark mode, which has never made the slightest bit of sense tbh.
I really wish they'd just stop .