diff --git a/labs/gb/components/buttongroup/_button-group-tokens.scss b/labs/gb/components/buttongroup/_button-group-tokens.scss
index f52aab6b43..e92fa338d9 100644
--- a/labs/gb/components/buttongroup/_button-group-tokens.scss
+++ b/labs/gb/components/buttongroup/_button-group-tokens.scss
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 @mixin root {
   // LINT.IfChange
   --between-space: 8px;
+  --pressed-item-size: size;
   --pressed-item-width-multiplier: 1.15;
   --motion-spring-fast-spatial: linear(
     0,
diff --git a/labs/gb/components/buttongroup/button-group-element.ts b/labs/gb/components/buttongroup/button-group-element.ts
index 6dc88e6d2f..a9818371bb 100644
--- a/labs/gb/components/buttongroup/button-group-element.ts
+++ b/labs/gb/components/buttongroup/button-group-element.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ const baseClass = mixinElementInternals(LitElement);
  * @fires {InputEvent} input - Fired when selection changes. --bubbles --composed
  * @fires {Event} change - Fired when selection changes. --bubbles
  * @cssprop --between-space
+ * @cssprop --pressed-item-size
  * @cssprop --pressed-item-width-multiplier
  * @cssprop --motion-spring-fast-spatial
  * @cssprop --motion-spring-fast-spatial-duration
@@ -50,6 +51,16 @@ export class ButtonGroupElement extends baseClass {
     super();
     this[internals].role = 'toolbar';
 
+    const handlePointerDown = (event: PointerEvent): void => {
+      const path = event.composedPath();
+      const button = this.buttons.find((b) => path.includes(b));
+      this.syncPressedButtonSize(button ?? null);
+    };
+
+    const handlePointerEnd = (): void => {
+      this.syncPressedButtonSize(null);
+    };
+
     const handleClick = (event: MouseEvent): void => {
       const path = event.composedPath();
       const button = this.buttons.find((b) => path.includes(b));
@@ -98,6 +109,10 @@ export class ButtonGroupElement extends baseClass {
       this.dispatchEvent(new Event('change', {bubbles: true}));
     };
 
+    this.addEventListener('pointerdown', handlePointerDown);
+    this.addEventListener('pointerup', handlePointerEnd);
+    this.addEventListener('pointercancel', handlePointerEnd);
+    this.addEventListener('pointerleave', handlePointerEnd);
     this.addEventListener('click', handleClick);
     this.addEventListener('input', handleInput);
     this.addEventListener('change', handleChange);
@@ -120,9 +135,16 @@ export class ButtonGroupElement extends baseClass {
 
   private readonly groupDisabledButtons = new WeakSet<HTMLElement>();
 
+  private readonly pressedSizeStyleSheet = new CSSStyleSheet();
+
   private readonly childObserver = new MutationObserver((mutations) => {
     for (const mutation of mutations) {
-      if (mutation.attributeName === 'selected') {
+      if (mutation.attributeName === 'color') {
+        this.syncButtonsDisabledAndType();
+        this.childObserver.takeRecords();
+      } else if (mutation.attributeName === 'class') {
+        this.syncPressedButtonSize();
+      } else if (mutation.attributeName === 'selected') {
         const target = mutation.target as ButtonElement;
         if (this.selection === 'single') {
           if (target.selected) {
@@ -189,6 +211,7 @@ export class ButtonGroupElement extends baseClass {
   override connectedCallback(): void {
     super.connectedCallback();
     adoptStyles(this, buttonGroupStyles);
+    adoptStyles(this.shadowRoot, this.pressedSizeStyleSheet);
     updateClassList(
       this,
       buttonGroupClasses({
@@ -210,6 +233,7 @@ export class ButtonGroupElement extends baseClass {
     changedProperties: PropertyValues<this>,
   ): void {
     super.firstUpdated(changedProperties);
+    adoptStyles(this.shadowRoot, this.pressedSizeStyleSheet);
     this.syncButtonsDisabledAndType();
     this.normalizeGroupSelection();
     this.observeChildren();
@@ -274,6 +298,24 @@ export class ButtonGroupElement extends baseClass {
   private syncButtonsDisabledAndType(): void {
     const buttons = this.buttons;
     for (const button of buttons) {
+      const isExplicitText =
+        button.getAttribute('color') === 'text' ||
+        (button.hasAttribute('color') && button.color === 'text');
+      if (isExplicitText) {
+        console.warn(
+          '<md-gb-button-group> does not support color="text" on child ' +
+            '<md-gb-button> elements. Falling back to color="tonal".',
+        );
+      }
+      if (
+        !button.hasAttribute('color') ||
+        button.getAttribute('color') === 'text' ||
+        button.color === 'text'
+      ) {
+        button.setAttribute('color', 'tonal');
+        button.color = 'tonal';
+      }
+
       const hasHref = button.hasAttribute('href') || Boolean(button.href);
       if (!hasHref) {
         const targetType = this.selection === 'none' ? 'button' : 'toggle';
@@ -305,12 +347,44 @@ export class ButtonGroupElement extends baseClass {
     this.childObserver.takeRecords();
   }
 
+  private syncPressedButtonSize(pressedButton?: ButtonElement | null): void {
+    if (this.variant === 'connected' || this.disabled) {
+      this.pressedSizeStyleSheet.replaceSync('');
+      return;
+    }
+    const activeButton =
+      pressedButton !== undefined
+        ? pressedButton
+        : (this.buttons.find(
+            (b) =>
+              !b.disabled &&
+              !b.softDisabled &&
+              (b.classList.contains('active') || b.matches(':active')),
+          ) ?? null);
+    if (!activeButton || activeButton.disabled || activeButton.softDisabled) {
+      this.pressedSizeStyleSheet.replaceSync('');
+      return;
+    }
+    this.pressedSizeStyleSheet.replaceSync(
+      ':host { --pressed-item-width-multiplier: 1 !important; ' +
+        '--motion-spring-fast-spatial-duration: 0s !important; }',
+    );
+    const width = activeButton.getBoundingClientRect().width;
+    if (width > 0) {
+      this.pressedSizeStyleSheet.replaceSync(
+        `:host { --pressed-item-size: ${width}px !important; }`,
+      );
+    } else {
+      this.pressedSizeStyleSheet.replaceSync('');
+    }
+  }
+
   private observeChildren(): void {
     this.childObserver.disconnect();
     for (const button of this.buttons) {
       this.childObserver.observe(button, {
         attributes: true,
-        attributeFilter: ['selected'],
+        attributeFilter: ['selected', 'color', 'class'],
       });
     }
   }
diff --git a/labs/gb/components/buttongroup/button-group-element_test.ts b/labs/gb/components/buttongroup/button-group-element_test.ts
index 5db69ef1a4..ae8508973a 100644
--- a/labs/gb/components/buttongroup/button-group-element_test.ts
+++ b/labs/gb/components/buttongroup/button-group-element_test.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ describe('ButtonGroupElement', () => {
   beforeAll(() => {
     const noTransitions = new CSSStyleSheet();
     noTransitions.replaceSync(`
+      md-gb-button,
       md-gb-button::part(btn),
       md-gb-button-group {
         transition: none !important;
@@ -193,6 +194,44 @@ describe('ButtonGroupElement', () => {
       expect(actionBtn.type).toBe('toggle');
     });
 
+    it('defaults uncolored child buttons to tonal and preserves explicit color', async () => {
+      const root = env.render(html`
+        <md-gb-button-group>
+          <md-gb-button id="default-btn">Default</md-gb-button>
+          <md-gb-button id="filled-btn" color="filled">Filled</md-gb-button>
+          <md-gb-button id="outlined-btn" color="outlined"
+            >Outlined</md-gb-button
+          >
+        </md-gb-button-group>
+      `);
+      await env.waitForStability();
+      const defaultBtn = root.querySelector('#default-btn') as ButtonElement;
+      const filledBtn = root.querySelector('#filled-btn') as ButtonElement;
+      const outlinedBtn = root.querySelector('#outlined-btn') as ButtonElement;
+
+      expect(defaultBtn.getAttribute('color')).toBe('tonal');
+      expect(defaultBtn.color).toBe('tonal');
+      expect(filledBtn.getAttribute('color')).toBe('filled');
+      expect(filledBtn.color).toBe('filled');
+      expect(outlinedBtn.getAttribute('color')).toBe('outlined');
+      expect(outlinedBtn.color).toBe('outlined');
+    });
+
+    it('coerces explicit color="text" to tonal and logs a console warning', async () => {
+      const warnSpy = spyOn(console, 'warn');
+      const root = env.render(html`
+        <md-gb-button-group>
+          <md-gb-button id="text-btn" color="text">Text</md-gb-button>
+        </md-gb-button-group>
+      `);
+      await env.waitForStability();
+      const textBtn = root.querySelector('#text-btn') as ButtonElement;
+
+      expect(textBtn.getAttribute('color')).toBe('tonal');
+      expect(textBtn.color).toBe('tonal');
+      expect(warnSpy).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
     it('cascades selection type to newly appended children', async () => {
       const root = env.render(html`
         <md-gb-button-group id="group" selection="single">
@@ -1454,5 +1493,74 @@ describe('ButtonGroupElement', () => {
       expect(s1.borderBottomLeftRadius).toBe('20px');
       expect(s1.borderBottomRightRadius).toBe('20px');
     });
+
+    it(
+      'expands pressed button and shrinks adjacent buttons relative to the ' +
+        'pressed button growth in standard variant',
+      async () => {
+        if (!CSS.supports('width', 'calc-size(auto, size)')) {
+          return;
+        }
+        const root = env.render(html`
+          <md-gb-button-group variant="standard">
+            <md-gb-button id="p1" size="sm">Short</md-gb-button>
+            <md-gb-button id="p2" size="sm"
+              >Much Wider Middle Button</md-gb-button
+            >
+            <md-gb-button id="p3" size="sm">End</md-gb-button>
+          </md-gb-button-group>
+        `);
+        await env.waitForStability();
+
+        const p1 = root.querySelector('#p1') as ButtonElement;
+        const p2 = root.querySelector('#p2') as ButtonElement;
+        const p3 = root.querySelector('#p3') as ButtonElement;
+
+        const w1Base = p1.getBoundingClientRect().width;
+        const w2Base = p2.getBoundingClientRect().width;
+        const w3Base = p3.getBoundingClientRect().width;
+
+        // Press middle button (p2): p2 grows by 15% of w2Base, and both
+        // adjacent buttons (p1, p3) shrink by half of p2's growth.
+        p2.classList.add('active');
+        await env.waitForStability();
+
+        const p2Growth = w2Base * 0.15;
+        expect(p2.getBoundingClientRect().width).toBeCloseTo(
+          w2Base + p2Growth,
+          0,
+        );
+        expect(p1.getBoundingClientRect().width).toBeCloseTo(
+          w1Base - p2Growth / 2,
+          0,
+        );
+        expect(p3.getBoundingClientRect().width).toBeCloseTo(
+          w3Base - p2Growth / 2,
+          0,
+        );
+
+        p2.classList.remove('active');
+        await env.waitForStability();
+
+        // Press first button (p1): p1 grows by 15% of w1Base, and its single
+        // adjacent neighbor (p2) shrinks by the full growth of p1.
+        p1.classList.add('active');
+        await env.waitForStability();
+
+        const p1Growth = w1Base * 0.15;
+        expect(p1.getBoundingClientRect().width).toBeCloseTo(
+          w1Base + p1Growth,
+          0,
+        );
+        expect(p2.getBoundingClientRect().width).toBeCloseTo(
+          w2Base - p1Growth,
+          0,
+        );
+        expect(p3.getBoundingClientRect().width).toBeCloseTo(w3Base, 0);
+
+        p1.classList.remove('active');
+        await env.waitForStability();
+      },
+    );
   });
 });
diff --git a/labs/gb/components/buttongroup/button-group.scss b/labs/gb/components/buttongroup/button-group.scss
index 3c785d82c0..69d6521464 100644
--- a/labs/gb/components/buttongroup/button-group.scss
+++ b/labs/gb/components/buttongroup/button-group.scss
@@ -235,15 +235,78 @@
     z-index: 1;
   }
 
-  // Standard press width expansion
+  // Standard press width expansion and adjacent button contraction
   @supports (width: calc-size(auto, size)) {
-    .btn-group:not(.btn-group-connected) > .btn,
-    .btn-group:not(.btn-group-connected) > * {
-      transition: width var(--motion-spring-fast-spatial-duration)
-        var(--motion-spring-fast-spatial);
+    .btn-group:not(.btn-group-connected) {
+      > *::part(btn) {
+        min-inline-size: 0;
+      }
+
+      > .btn,
+      > * {
+        min-inline-size: 0;
+        transition: width var(--motion-spring-fast-spatial-duration)
+          var(--motion-spring-fast-spatial);
+      }
+
+      > :not(:active, .active):has(
+          + :is(:active, .active):not(
+              :disabled,
+              .disabled,
+              [disabled],
+              [soft-disabled]
+            )
+        ),
+      > :is(:active, .active):not(
+          :disabled,
+          .disabled,
+          [disabled],
+          [soft-disabled]
+        )
+        + :not(:active, .active) {
+        width: calc-size(
+          auto,
+          min(
+            size,
+            max(
+              0px,
+              size - var(--pressed-item-size) *
+                (var(--pressed-item-width-multiplier) - 1) / 2
+            )
+          )
+        );
+      }
+
+      > :not(:active, .active):has(
+          + :is(:last-child, :nth-last-child(1 of :not([hidden]))):is(
+              :active,
+              .active
+            ):not(:disabled, .disabled, [disabled], [soft-disabled])
+        ),
+      > :is(:first-child, :nth-child(1 of :not([hidden]))):is(
+          :active,
+          .active
+        ):not(:disabled, .disabled, [disabled], [soft-disabled])
+        + :not(:active, .active) {
+        width: calc-size(
+          auto,
+          min(
+            size,
+            max(
+              0px,
+              size - var(--pressed-item-size) *
+                (var(--pressed-item-width-multiplier) - 1)
+            )
+          )
+        );
+      }
 
-      &:active:not(:disabled, .disabled),
-      &:active:not([disabled], [soft-disabled]) {
+      > :is(:active, .active):not(
+          :disabled,
+          .disabled,
+          [disabled],
+          [soft-disabled]
+        ) {
         width: calc-size(
           auto,
           max(size, size * var(--pressed-item-width-multiplier))
diff --git a/labs/gb/components/buttongroup/demo/demo.ts b/labs/gb/components/buttongroup/demo/demo.ts
index 81d2812760..55d0af0e32 100644
--- a/labs/gb/components/buttongroup/demo/demo.ts
+++ b/labs/gb/components/buttongroup/demo/demo.ts
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ const collection = new MaterialCollection<KnobTypesToKnobs<StoryKnobs>>(
       }),
     }),
     new Knob<ButtonColor | undefined, 'color'>('color', {
-      defaultValue: 'filled',
+      defaultValue: 'tonal',
       ui: selectDropdown<ButtonColor>({
         options: [
           {value: 'filled', label: 'Filled'},
diff --git a/labs/gb/components/buttongroup/demo/stories.ts b/labs/gb/components/buttongroup/demo/stories.ts
index d13f1e908d..218a15566f 100644
--- a/labs/gb/components/buttongroup/demo/stories.ts
+++ b/labs/gb/components/buttongroup/demo/stories.ts
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ const playground: MaterialStoryInit<StoryKnobs> = {
         : nothing;
 
     const size = knobs.size ?? 'sm';
-    const color = knobs.color ?? 'filled';
+    const color = knobs.color ?? 'tonal';
     const square = knobs.square ?? false;
 
     return html`