Google is testing a cleaner Gemini overlay at the cost of some of its best features

At present, whenever you set off Gemini on high of particular apps, Google exhibits one-tap contextual actions in the Gemini overlay. These contextual actions embrace “Ask about place” with Google Maps, “Ask about PDF” with Google Drive and Information, and “Ask about web page” with Google Chrome.

Moreover, the Gemini overlay contains the “Share display with Reside” motion button on high of most apps. This button begins display sharing with Gemini, saving customers from having to navigate to the Gemini Reside UI first after which faucet the screen-sharing button.

Google is experimenting with hiding all of these buttons in the menu accessed by tapping on the Plus button on the Gemini overlay.

Why? We don’t know for positive. Burying the buttons in the Plus menu will add additional friction, and most customers will doubtless by no means understand that these contextual actions exist too (particularly as they modify throughout apps). There’s a likelihood that Google has larger plans for the Gemini overlay, through which case, requiring extra steps to entry these contextual actions may appear to be a honest tradeoff.

Google is additionally experimenting with together with the “Display content material” possibility in the Plus menu. This is functionally the similar as the “Ask about display” performance we at present see when triggering the Gemini overlay.

Shifting on, Gemini may transfer the “Share dialog” possibility from the dropdown window accessed inside the Gemini chat (subsequent to the chat title) to the top-right nook of the important dialog UI.

None of these UI modifications is at present stay in Gemini. We’ll maintain you up to date once we be taught extra.