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Gemini on Android just got a small but handy usability upgrade

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-08-04 19:28:50

AssembleDebug / Android Authority TL;DR Google is rolling out a new gesture to launch Gemini in full screen from the small overlay at the bottom of the screen. This change was spotted in May and is now functional on the Galaxy Z Fold 7, and possibly the Flip 7 and the Flip 7 FE. In addition to those announcements, Google has begun rolling out a new gesture that allows for easy switching between the floating Gemini overlay and the Gemini app in full-screen mode. You will now notice a small hor

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Gemini’s new rainbow-colored overlay box is rolling out to beta testers

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-08-08 16:58:21

AssembleDebug / Android Authority TL;DR Google’s in the middle of freshening up Gemini’s look with new rainbow colors and some updates to the on-screen overlay. After the app icon got new colors last week, they’re now starting to hit the overlay in beta. We’re still waiting on the overlay’s new shape and on-screen animation to arrive. Pride might have been last month, but don’t tell Gemini, because Google’s AI agent is currently smack-dab right in the middle of a rainbow-fueled makeover. Aft

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Gemini’s new overlay is getting ready to bounce onto your screen (APK teardown)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-08-10 12:08:09

AssembleDebug / Android Authority TL;DR Google’s currently working on a number of visual changes to how you interact with the Gemini overlay. In addition to updating the coloring and shape of the overlay, we’ve identified a new animation it could use to appear on screen. We can trigger this effect both when accessing the overlay via swiping, as well as long-pressing the power button. Google continues to make the case for Gemini in — well, pretty much everything — and little by little it’s be

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Google is testing a smaller, more reachable Gemini overlay on tablets

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-08-14 16:26:50

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Google is rolling out a UI update for the Gemini app on Android tablets that shrinks the size of the overlay. The new overlay is about one-third the width of the screen instead of two-thirds and is anchored to the right side. This updated interface only applies to the standard Gemini experience and seems to be part of a slow server-side rollout. There are a lot of AI chatbots you can talk to these days, but I personally use Google Gemini on all my dev

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Check out Gemini’s new avatar in Google colors ahead of its official rollout (APK teardown)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-08-21 16:02:52

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google may soon replace Gemini’s two-tone color scheme with its iconic brand colors. The new colors will appear around the Gemini overlay, which could receive another minor design change. The Gemini logo will also adopt Google’s red, blue, yellow, and green color palette. Gemini may soon adopt Google’s iconic brand colors for its logo and overlay. We recently spotted these changes while digging through beta builds of the Google app on Android and gav

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Google’s baking even more tools into Gemini Live’s upcoming compact overlay (APK teardown)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-08-21 16:28:14

Tushar Mehta / Android Authority TL;DR Google’s been developing a new compact screen-bottom overlay for interacting with Gemini Live. This bar may feature the button that will activate Gemini Live’s version of Circle to Search. Google also appears to be considering captioning controls for the overlay. Google’s got a lot happening right now when it comes to Gemini Live, and we’re not just talking about all those new app extensions we’ve spotted the app getting ready to support. Over the last

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Deep Down the Rabbit Hole: Bash, OverlayFS, and a 30-Year-Old Surprise

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-28 17:43:59

Deep Down the Rabbit Hole: Bash, OverlayFS, and a 30-Year-Old Surprise This blog post recounts a recent debugging session that uncovered a surprising set of issues involving Bash, getcwd() , and OverlayFS. What began as a simple customer bug report evolved into a deep dive worth sharing. Initial Bug Report A customer reported that OpenSSH scp failed after switching to OverlayFS. We found the following error in the logs: shell-init: error retrieving current directory: \ getcwd: cannot access

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Google’s compact look for Gemini Live isn’t even out, and it’s already getting better (APK teardown)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-10 04:00:01

C. Scott Brown / Android Authority TL;DR Google’s got quite a few in-development changes in its latest Android app update, including screen-top layout tweaks. The new Gemini Live overlay we looked at last week is already showing signs of refinement. Google’s working on a way to explicitly suggest AI Mode search topics. Over the past few days, we’ve been spotting a lot of changes that have popped up in Google’s most recent update to its Android app. Those finds included stuff like work toward

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Gemini overlay tries out a new look with a splash of Google colors (APK teardown)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-14 00:46:24

Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR A teardown of the Google app’s recent beta shows Gemini’s overlay UI may soon adopt Google’s brand colors. It replaces Gemini’s current two-tone colors with Google’s trademark red, blue, green, and yellow colors. The colors accent the mic button and highlight the chat box for interacting with Gemini. Google has gradually refined how Gemini appears over the past few months. The assistant’s interface has become more polished, and more integrated, with feat

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Google is prepping a more compact look for Gemini Live, and here’s how it works (APK teardown)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-17 06:10:48

Rita El Khoury / Android Authority TL;DR Google is prepping a new compact Gemini Live overlay that will let you start a conversation without opening the full-screen interface. The overlay will give you access to all four shortcuts available on the full-screen interface and even feature a similar background animation. We spotted the new Gemini Live overlay in the latest Google app beta release, and it could reach users with a subsequent update. After giving the Gemini overlay a much-needed de

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