The floating Gemini Assistant UI that Google teased at I/O has finally been spotted

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  • Google has been gradually upgrading the features of its Gemini AI assistant, which currently appears to some users as a neat floating window panel.
  • The new UI allows users to interact with the Assistant without leaving the app, making multitasking easier.
  • While “some Gemini users” have begun accessing the new UI, the timeline for a wider rollout remains unclear.



Earlier this year, at Google's annual developer conference I/O, the tech giant showed off the features of its Gemini AI assistant, including a floating window panel for the assistant, which now seems to be on its way.

The AI ​​assistant, which for most users is still second most popular behind the old and trusty Google Assistant, is slowly but surely gaining new features.

Bottom of phone showing Google's Gemini prompt on Android

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If you've been using Gemini as your default assistant for a while, you may have noticed that every time you invoke the Assistant, the Assistant UI appears as a neat floating panel on top of the app you were using.


When you tell it to perform a regular task like “open messages” or “launch camera,” the floating panel collapses and redirects you to the app you want.

A GIF highlighting the current UI of Gemini Assistant. When you ask it to perform a task, a new Gemini window appears.

But if you ask the Assistant to perform a more complex task, one that requires the Gemini chatbot UI to appear, like “create an image of a mountain,” you'll be greeted with an entirely different, clunky window, as you can see in this GIF attached above: Google had previously hinted that users could expect a revamped Gemini Assistant UI, which appears to be rolling out to some users now.



New UI discovered

Gemini on an Android phone.

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As shared by Android Authority, it looks like the Assistant will soon behave like previous versions and maintain a floating window, allowing users to interact with the Assistant without leaving the app they're in. The publication shared a GIF highlighting the new UI that has been rolled out to users running the Google app version 15.31.29.28.arm64 beta on the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra.

A GIF highlighting the new floating panel in the Gemini AI assistant.

Source: Android Authority


The new UI is certainly much cleaner than the current one, and users will be able to glance at the app they're using while assigning tasks to the AI ​​assistant. Beyond just cosmetic changes, the new UI is also likely to enable drag-and-drop functionality, such as generating an image within the assistant and dragging it to a messaging app in the background.

The change hasn't been rolled out widely, but it's starting to appear for “some Gemini users,” the report suggests. It's possible the change will appear on more devices after the Made by Google event on August 13. It's also possible that Google will show off the new UI at the event.

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