{"id":248873,"date":"2026-05-18T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/18\/android-users-are-starting-to-see-the-gemini-apps-design-overhaul\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T18:25:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T22:25:19","slug":"android-users-are-starting-to-see-the-gemini-apps-design-overhaul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/18\/android-users-are-starting-to-see-the-gemini-apps-design-overhaul\/","title":{"rendered":"Android users are starting to see the Gemini app&#8217;s design overhaul"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/gemini-app-android-redesign-3668250\/\">Android users are starting to see the Gemini app&#8217;s design overhaul<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/gemini-app-android-redesign-3668250\/\">https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/gemini-app-android-redesign-3668250\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-18 18:00:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.androidauthority.com\">www.androidauthority.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ryan Haines \/ Android Authority<\/p>\n<p>TL;DR<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Google\u2019s new look for the Gemini app is rolling out on the eve of the company\u2019s I\/O 2026 developer conference.<\/li>\n<li>The fresh user interface adds a blue-and-white gradient color scheme to the app, while combining and moving key functions around.<\/li>\n<li>The Google account and settings tab is now located in the sidebar, and the tools and attachments menus have been combined.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Google I\/O 2026 officially starts tomorrow, but Google didn\u2019t wait to push a sweeping Gemini app redesign out to Android users. The new interface includes both visual and functional changes to the Gemini experience, and Android Authority spotted the update rolling out on multiple devices. The redesign matches the Gemini app for iOS overhaul that began rolling out earlier this month to iPhone users. It\u2019s a minimalist homepage that swaps the older white-and-gray aesthetic out for a colorful blue-and-white gradient one.<\/p>\n<p>The fresh Gemini app for Android homepage removes the suggestion chips in favor of a larger greeting. The homepage greeting is different each time you restart the Gemini app, and you might see messages like \u201cthe mic is yours\u201d or \u201cask away.\u201d There\u2019s a new icon for temporary chats in the top-right corner \u2014 instead of a dotted-line chat bubble icon, the Gemini app now uses a dotted line with a pen as the temporary chat button. The Google account profile icon is removed from the Gemini app homepage and hidden inside the sidebar.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"e_rg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"calc(min(calc(100vw - 1.875rem), 51.25rem) \/ 2)\" title=\"Gemini App Android Design New\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/203-scaled.png 1047w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/203-26w-64h.png 26w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/203-1000w-2444h.png 1000w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/203-589w-1440h.png 589w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/203-442w-1080h.png 442w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/203-353w-864h.png 353w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/203-155w-380h.png 155w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/203-491w-1200h.png 491w\" alt=\"The new design of the Gemini app for Android.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/203-scaled.png\"\/><span class=\"e_4l\">New<\/span><img class=\"e_rg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"calc(min(calc(100vw - 1.875rem), 51.25rem) \/ 2)\" title=\"Gemini App Android Design Old\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/424.png 1080w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/424-27w-64h.png 27w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/424-1000w-2333h.png 1000w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/424-617w-1440h.png 617w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/424-463w-1080h.png 463w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/424-370w-864h.png 370w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/424-163w-380h.png 163w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/424-514w-1200h.png 514w\" alt=\"The old design of the Gemini app for Android.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/424.png\"\/><span class=\"e_4l\">Old<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The new model picker is even more inconspicuous. It lives under the chevron button beside the sidebar, which now has an icon of two lines instead of three. Previously, the model picker appeared under the chat box alongside attachment, tool, dictation, and Gemini Live buttons. Attachments and tools are merged into a combined menu shown with a \u201c+\u201d icon. That leaves three buttons inside the Gemini chat bubble: attachments, dictation, and Live.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Don\u2019t want to miss the best from Android Authority?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"e_rg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"9.375rem\" title=\"google preferred source badge light@2x\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x.png 676w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x-64w-20h.png 64w\" alt=\"google preferred source badge light@2x\" src=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x.png\"\/><img class=\"e_rg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"9.375rem\" title=\"google preferred source badge dark@2x\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x.png 676w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x-64w-20h.png 64w\" alt=\"google preferred source badge dark@2x\" src=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Rather&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/gemini-app-android-redesign-3668250\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Android users are starting to see the Gemini app&#8217;s design overhaul https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/gemini-app-android-redesign-3668250\/ Publish Date: 2026-05-18&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":248874,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Samsung-Galaxy-A56-gemini-app.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[70,86],"class_list":["post-248873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-android","tag-google","tag-samsung"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248873"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248873"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248873\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":248875,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248873\/revisions\/248875"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/248874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}