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Gemini app’s latest UI change makes it easier to set up thinking levels, control notifications

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Why This Matters

Google's latest updates to the Gemini app focus on streamlining user experience by simplifying the model picker to a single 'Extended Thinking' option and enhancing notification controls, giving users more customization. Additionally, the Gemini Spark interface has been refined with a new top navigation bar and search functionality, making task management more intuitive. These improvements reflect Google's ongoing efforts to make AI tools more user-friendly and customizable for consumers and developers alike.

Key Takeaways

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TL;DR The Gemini app’s model picker dropdown menu now only shows a single “Extended Thinking” thinking level option.

The app is also adding new notification controls for things like Daily Brief, scheduled actions, and more.

Gemini Spark is also getting a revamped UI with a top navbar displaying categories like “In Progress,” “Needs input,” and others.

Google started rolling out a redesigned UI for the Gemini app a few months ago. Now, the company is seemingly fine-tuning that UI to make it more streamlined for its users. It’s also adding new notification settings and making changes to the Gemini Spark UI.

The model picker dropdown menu in the Gemini app now only shows a single “Extended Thinking” option under the “Thinking Level” menu (via 9to5Google). Previously, this dropdown menu listed a “Standard” thinking level as well. However, since that was the default level, displaying it was slightly redundant.

The app is also getting new notification controls. Within the Gemini app settings, users will now find notification toggles for the following categories: Daily Brief

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