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Google app on Android, Search testing a blue dark theme
In recent weeks (if not longer), Google Search has been testing a new dark theme that is blue and a bit darker.
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Google app showing new bottom toolbar for Search, Discover pages
The Google app on Android has long made use of a Chrome Custom Tab and there’s now a new toolbar when opening Search results and Discover articles.
Expand Expanding CloseYou can now search your Google Maps lists via Google Saved
Google’s integrated “Saved” feature now lets you search your web and Discover bookmarks, as well as locations placed in Google Maps lists.
Expand Expanding CloseGoogle Discover rolls out Material 3 redesign [U]
Google is testing a Material 3 redesign of the Discover feed to the left of Android homescreens and in the Google app.
Expand Expanding CloseGoogle teases ‘AI Mode’ as new way to talk to Search [APK Insight]
Google is readying some sort of “AI Mode” for the Search app on Android that appears to be a new conversational and visual (or multimodal) experience.
Expand Expanding CloseGoogle app rolls out Notifications tab on Android
The Google (Search) app on Android now has a Notifications tab in the bottom bar.
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Google gives Song Search the four-color treatment
In the smallest of tweaks, the Google app’s Song Search shortcut has a new, modernized icon.
Expand Expanding CloseGoogle Search widget regains custom colors theme on Android
Back in August, the Google Search bar widget was updated with Dynamic Color, and it’s now bringing back “Custom” colors.
Expand Expanding CloseGoogle app finally gets Material 3 bottom bar on Android
The vast majority of Google apps have updated their bottom bar to the latest Material 3 design. The Google (Search) app did that last year before reverting, and it’s now back.
Expand Expanding CloseGoogle app rolls out colorful Search shortcuts on Android [U]
The Google app is not the company’s nicest looking application, but a small carousel redesign on Android makes it a tiny bit more cohesive.
Expand Expanding CloseGoogle app rolls out Song Search Quick Settings Tile on Android [U]
Google is adding yet another way to access its excellent Song Search feature on Android with a Quick Settings (QS) Tile.
Expand Expanding CloseGoogle updates Search widget on iPhone with customizable shortcuts, like Gemini
The Search widget offered by the Google app on iPhone and iPad now offers customizable shortcuts, including to Gemini.
Expand Expanding CloseGoogle Search app on Android keeps crashing in widespread bug
On Saturday evening (PT), a large number of Android users are seeing the Google app repeatedly crash (“Google keeps stopping”) when they attempt to search.
Expand Expanding CloseGoogle app tests customizable shortcut in Search widget
Back in August, the Google app’s Search bar widget on Android was updated with Dynamic Color but at the expense of other options being removed, and a customizable shortcut is now being tested.
Expand Expanding CloseGoogle Search bar widget redesign adds Dynamic Color, limits customization [U]
Back in 2018, the Google app on Android introduced the ability to customize the Search bar widget, but a redesign takes away most of the options.
Expand Expanding CloseGoogle Search app tests prominent Chrome Incognito shortcut on Android
For queries that you don’t want saved to Account history, the Google Search app on Android is testing a rather prominent shortcut to “Chrome Incognito.”
Expand Expanding Close‘Gemini on earbuds’ is ‘Your new AI assistant’
Work on bringing the Gemini assistant to more form factors beyond the web and phones continues with a new mention of “Gemini on earbuds.”
Expand Expanding CloseHere are the new Google Weather widgets [Gallery]
The Google app is working on new Weather homescreen widgets. They look to overhaul/replace the existing set of widgets that are currently exclusive to Pixel, and will hopefully be available for all Android devices.
Expand Expanding ClosePixel 9 Pro might come with 1-year of Gemini Advanced
With less than a month until Made by Google 2024, the latest leak suggests that the Pixel 9 Pro will come with 1-year of Gemini Advanced.
Expand Expanding CloseGoogle app puts Search bar at the bottom of its browser
The Google app on Android is showing a persistent Search bar at the bottom of any web result or Discover article you open.
Expand Expanding CloseGoogle now has Auto Dark Mode for websites in its iPhone app
While Search Labs is most closely associated with generative AI, Google also uses it to test other features, with the latest being “Auto Dark Mode” on the iPhone.
Expand Expanding CloseGoogle app redesigns the ‘your space’ carousel of weather, sports cards [U]
Underneath the Search bar and its suggestions, Google shows a carousel of cards for the weather, AQI, sports, and more. The Google app is now redesigning the card carousel that makes up “your space.”
Expand Expanding CloseWhat if the Google app looked nice on Android?
It was the addition of a “Notifications” tab this week that broke the camel’s back for me. The Google app on Android is in desperate need of a redesign.
Expand Expanding CloseGoogle Discover rolling out Sunrise and Sunset card on Android, iOS
The latest addition to the carousel at the top of Google Discover is a card for Sunrise and Sunset.
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