{"id":747347,"date":"2026-07-06T23:11:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T23:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/747347\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T23:11:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T23:11:09","slug":"google-photos-new-design-just-showed-up-on-android","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/747347\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Photos New Design Just Showed Up on Android"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All of the way back in February of this year, Google started rolling out a new Google Photos design on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.droid-life.com\/2026\/02\/13\/google-photos-gets-a-fresh-new-design\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">iOS that would introduce a floating bottom bar<\/a>. This would mark a change from attached bottom bars in Google apps to this new floating pill shape that modernizes the styling. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Weirdly, up until today, most people hadn\u2019t seen the change yet on Android, because it either had not rolled out to their device or they didn\u2019t recognize that it was a significant change. Looking around the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/pixel_phones\/comments\/1up2cm9\/new_photos_ui\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">internet<\/a> and on our own Android phones, it sure looks like the rollout of this change has finally begun, although not widely.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On my Galaxy Z Fold 7, the new Google Photos design has arrived with a bottom floating bar that has options for Photos, Collections, and Create. There is a separated Ask button for searching Google Photos.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"980\" height=\"735\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"New Google Photos design on Android is here - how to install\" class=\"wp-image-322226\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/New-Google-Photos-design-Android-1-980x735.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The functionality of this area remains the same, this is simply a styling change that will likely make its way to a number of Google apps. We\u2019ve already seen a very similar style of bottom bar on Google Chats. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.droid-life.com\/2026\/06\/26\/google-finance-gets-a-fresh-new-app-on-android-only\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">new Google Finance<\/a> has a floating bar too, but it has a completely different thickness and look. On Finance, it\u2019s more of a combo of the two bar styles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unfortunately, I\u2019m only seeing this on my Fold 7 while my Pixel 10 Pro still has the old style. Both devices are running Google Photos v7.82.0.937646388.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let us know if you are seeing it. If not, well, you\u2019ll have to be patient as the rollout picks up steam.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Google Play Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.google.android.apps.photos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Google Photos<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"All of the way back in February of this year, Google started rolling out a new Google Photos&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":747348,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[74],"class_list":["post-747347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=747347"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747347\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/747348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=747347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=747347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=747347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}