Gemini app rolls out ‘Tools’ prompt bar redesign on Android, iOS

Abner Li | Sep 15 2025 - 2:34 pm PT

Following the web, the Gemini app on Android and iOS has rolled out the “Tools” redesign of the prompt bar and suggestions in recent days.

Google has removed the standalone chips and three-dot button to the right of Gemini’s ‘plus’ menu. Some devices had two items, but others just had one pill and the overflow menu.

It’s replaced by a “Tools” menu (on Android you just get the icon that matches Chrome’s site info button) with a compact sheet that removes the icons and descriptions. Upon tapping, there’s a haptic vibration.

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On mobile, this approach does look cleaner and reduces the possibility of accidental taps. Google is testing another design for the prompt bar that does away with the rounded rectangle entirely and ends up matching Search’s AI Mode.

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Old vs. new

The other change is a series of suggested prompts for Create Image, Write, Build, Deep Research, and Create Video underneath the “Hello” greeting. Compared to before, this is always visible regardless of how much you use Gemini. Tapping shows four suggested prompts, with the list disappearing as you type.

After beginning to appear for beta users in recent weeks, this Gemini Tools redesign is now widely rolled out with the stable Google app on Android, and iOS.

This rollout follows Google adding the navigation drawer and search, as well as updating the overlay, on Android.