{"id":12536,"date":"2025-07-22T04:38:07","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T04:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/12536\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T04:38:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T04:38:07","slug":"googles-gemini-overlay-looks-insanely-bouncy-with-this-new-ui","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/12536\/","title":{"rendered":"Google’s Gemini overlay looks insanely bouncy with this new UI"},"content":{"rendered":"

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AssembleDebug \/ Android Authority<\/p>\n

TL;DR<\/p>\n

As part of its big Material 3 Expressive overhaul, Google\u2019s been rethinking its approach to the Gemini overlay.
\nInstead of just gently sliding onto screen, Google\u2019s been working to give Gemini a little bouncy momentum.
\nThe latest version of this animation we\u2019ve uncovered is easily the most dynamic yet.<\/p>\n

Change is coming to Google\u2019s Android software, and that change\u2019s name is Material 3 Expressive<\/a>. The company\u2019s latest design language is being implemented across Android apps and the system UI itself, and we\u2019ve been working hard to bring you all the early previews we can manage of these changes as they\u2019re being developed. And today we\u2019re starting off the week with an update on one we\u2019ve already checked in with.<\/p>\n

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Modern UIs aren\u2019t static things, and while we\u2019d use words like \u201crounded\u201d and \u201chigh-contrast\u201d to describe components of the Material 3 Expressive look, you\u2019d need to see the system in motion to appreciate another one: \u201cbouncy<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, we shared a preview of a bouncy new way Google\u2019s Gemini overlay<\/a> was getting ready to appear on your screen, sliding up from the bottom with some undeniable momentum. Let\u2019s briefly recap: first we have the no-nonsense \u201csmoothly slide up from the bottom\u201d action we currently get from Gemini.<\/p>\n

And then from there, we got our first look at this bouncy new vibe:<\/p>\n

That was a good start, but before Google\u2019s ready to hit \u201cgo\u201d on this new behavior for the overlay, the developers have a few more tweaks to make.<\/p>\n

For this, we\u2019re looking at version 16.28.59.sa.arm64 beta of the Google Android app. This change isn\u2019t yet user-visible, but if and when Google flips the switch, rather than following the overlay\u2019s main input bar straight up, this new animation will have the chips for additional options now swing into place above the bar with a little more flair.<\/p>\n

That could really help to make those selections stand out, and encourage users to interact with them \u2014 as still a quite new tool, decisions like that are going to be important if Google wants everyone getting comfortable with all the different things Gemini\u2019s capable of doing.<\/p>\n

Right now, Google may still be feeling out exactly how it wants the overlay to look and behave, so we wouldn\u2019t take any of these finds as a certainty. But that said, it feels like there\u2019s a clear momentum to the changes we\u2019ve been uncovering, and it seems quite likely we\u2019ll continue to see development heading in a similar direction.<\/p>\n

Got a tip? Talk to us!\u00a0Email our staff at news@androidauthority.com<\/a>. You can stay anonymous or get credit for the info, it’s your choice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AssembleDebug \/ Android Authority TL;DR As part of its big Material 3 Expressive overhaul, Google\u2019s been rethinking its…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12537,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[64,63,2719,113,8577,203,105],"class_list":["post-12536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-authority-insights","tag-google","tag-google-gemini","tag-mobile","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12536\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}