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TL;DR Gemini’s tool menu is getting a redesign that looks a lot like ChatGPT.
Google is also working to bring new Maps integration to Gemini.
These features are not yet publicly available, but may be soon.
OpenAI is evidently pretty concerned over Gemini’s increasing marketshare, with the company reportedly entering “code red” this week in an effort to improve ChatGPT’s performance. Today, we spotted some upcoming tweaks to the Gemini app interface that won’t help OpenAI execs sleep any easier: An in-progress update borrows heavily from OpenAI’s chatbot app, reorganizing tools in a way that’ll make ChatGPT converts feel right at home.
Experimenting with version 16.48.54.sa.arm64 beta of the Google app, we managed to enable some changes to Gemini’s interface that aren’t yet accessible in public-facing releases. First up: Gemini is pretty blatantly iterating on ChatGPT’s app design.
The tools icon that currently surfaces functionality like image and video generation is going away, with those options folded into the menu that slides up from the bottom of the screen when you tap the plus icon. The new, combined menu is a dead ringer for the ChatGPT app; you can see the two side-by-side below.
Google’s also cooking up a new way to add voice input to a Gemini chat. In an upcoming update, you’ll be able to press and hold the microphone icon to start voice recording that stays active until you tap a new stop button. Presently, voice input ends if you take too long a pause, making longer or more complex voice queries tricky. (Tapping the mic icon without holding will continue to start voice input that works same way it does today.)
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