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Google Tests Gemini App Overhaul With Unified Tools and New Look

The limited release signals Google’s push to standardize Gemini across platforms.

Overview

  • Google is showing the redesigned Gemini app to a small number of iOS users in a limited rollout, and the company has not said when Android will get it.
  • The new homepage presents a centered greeting over a colorful, pulsating gradient background, with iOS leaning on Apple’s Liquid Glass visual effect.
  • The prompt is now a pill-shaped box with one plus button that opens a bottom sheet for Photos, Camera, recent images, Files, Notebooks, and more uploads.
  • Advanced capabilities appear in one clear tools list with options like Images, Videos, Music, Canvas, Deep research, and Guided learning, a layout Google has tested on Android and the web and that is already live on Gemini for Mac.
  • Controls have shifted, with the model picker in a top-left dropdown, the account switcher at the bottom of the side menu, and the “See thinking steps” view moved into an overflow-triggered bottom sheet.