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TL;DR Google Photos is ditching the classic bottom navigation bar in favor of a floating toolbar.
The new pill-shaped toolbar floats above your images and combines Photos, Collections, and Create in one compact bar.
The update is live on iOS (version 7.63) for now, with no confirmed timeline for Android.
Google is updating one of its most popular apps with a new user interface that’s both a departure and a refinement. After years of using the standard bottom navigation bar, Google Photos is switching to a floating toolbar design starting on iOS, and the change already looks more content-friendly.
For context, most of Google’s Android apps have already migrated to a shorter bottom bar or similar navigation system as part of the broader Material 3 Expressive design language rollout. But Photos had been the holdout — until now.
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As spotted by 9to5Google, the search giant is rolling out a pill-shaped floating toolbar that hovers above your photos. It groups tabs like Photos, Collections, and Create in a single bar, and adds a floating action button (FAB) on the right for Search or Ask.
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