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Following the four-color glow at the start of this month, the Gemini overlay is now a pill with a rather gooey launch animation. The Gemini overlay you launch with the “Hey Google” hotword, long-pressing the power button, or swiping diagonally on the bottom corners no longer slides up from the bottom of the screen as one rounded rectangle. Instead, it …

Pixel phones are getting a new card carousel overlay when you launch Google Wallet with a double-tap of the power button. Android 16 introduced the ability to customize the “Double press power button” gesture. Instead of launching the camera, you can set it to open Google Wallet. At the moment, this just opens the full Wallet app. At least one …

After introducing the four-color glow, Google is beginning to roll out the next redesign of the Gemini overlay on Android. Instead of sliding up from the bottom of the screen as one bar, the new Gemini overlay redesign starts as a circle that comes in from just underneath the gesture bar. It quickly expands into a full-width pill that replaces …

Gemini’s switch from a blue-purple palette to the four Google colors on Android is now largely complete (with one small exception) following an update to the overlay. The rollout started in late June with the four-color icon coming to the Android and iOS apps. As part of this, the “Hello” greeting on the homepage was updated to be blue, which …

AssembleDebug / Android Authority TL;DR As part of its big Material 3 Expressive overhaul, Google’s been rethinking its approach to the Gemini overlay. Instead of just gently sliding onto screen, Google’s been working to give Gemini a little bouncy momentum. The latest version of this animation we’ve uncovered is easily the most dynamic yet. Change is coming to Google’s Android …