Android users now experience Google's newest addition: a four-color glow for the Gemini overlay, enhancing the visual interface.
Gemini App Unveils Vibrant Updates and Enhanced Features
The Gemini app has recently introduced a series of exciting updates, including the introduction of a new, vibrant palette, new features, and improvements to the user experience.
The most noticeable change is the new, more vibrant Gemini palette. Compared to the old design, the new palette is more striking, with the light blue color taking centre stage. This colour dominates the new animation, eventually replacing everything else, giving the app a fresh, modern look.
Depending on the device's system theme, there are adjustments made to the new palette, ensuring a consistent and harmonious appearance across different devices.
In terms of features, the Gemini app now offers Guided Learning mode, visual responses, and the ability to create custom storybooks, comics, and more.
Guided Learning is designed to help users deepen their understanding by walking them through topics step-by-step with interactive assistance rather than just providing answers. It breaks down complex concepts, integrating visuals and YouTube videos to make learning more engaging and effective across all supported languages and regions. Quizzes, flashcards, and study guides complement this mode to aid exam preparation and knowledge retention. These study tools are especially available to users 18+ and are accessible primarily through the Gemini web and mobile web apps.
Visual responses in Gemini now include the automatic integration of high-quality diagrams, images, and relevant YouTube videos directly into conversations, enhancing comprehension and engagement during learning. Furthermore, Gemini offers video generation features via Veo 3, enabling users to transform photos into eight-second video clips with sound within the app.
Regarding custom content creation, Gemini users can generate quizzes with customizable question types and counts, and automatically produce flashcards and study guides based on quiz results or learning material. This supports personalized learning experiences within the app's Canvas feature.
The Gemini 2.5 Pro model, available in varying access levels depending on subscription tier, is now enhanced with better reasoning, coding, science, and multimodal capabilities. Google AI Ultra subscribers will gain access to Gemini 2.5 Pro's Deep Think mode, a sophisticated reasoning model expected to deliver advanced insights and deeper research assistance; this mode is forthcoming but not yet widely released.
Additional updates include extensive app integrations (Spotify, Phone, Messages, WhatsApp, Utilities, Calendar, Tasks, Keep) to streamline actions across Android devices, document upload support for Google Docs, PDFs, and Word files with large context windows for summaries and insights, and new privacy-focused features allowing Gemini to remember or forget past conversations according to user preference, including a Temporary Chat mode for private interactions.
The new overlay on Android started rolling out in early July, while the rollout of Gemini's update to a four-color palette started in late June. The update was applied to both Android and iOS apps. The Google Gemini app from the Play Store is only responsible for the homescreen icon, widget, and system Share sheet targets, with the actual experience being powered by the Google app.
The "Hello" greeting on the homepage was updated to be blue, and the ring indicator around the microphone is also the same shade of light blue. To access the update, make sure the Google app is up-to-date in the Play Store. The new overlay is activated by swiping up from the bottom-left/right corners or long-pressing the power button. The new animation on initial launch includes red, yellow, green, and blue colors.
Despite these changes, the old icon is still present in the Recents multitasking menu. Additionally, the refresh of the website also softened the sparkle icon, but the article does not mention any changes or updates related to the website or the overlay on Android or iOS apps. The new overlay on Android and the four-color palette update are the most notable changes to the Gemini app at this time.
The Gemini app now boasts a more vibrant appeal with the introduction of a new four-color palette, prominently featuring light blue. (Gemini app, new palette)
Moreover, the app has incorporated various advanced features such as Guided Learning, visual responses, and custom content creation for an immersive learning experience. (Gemini app, features)
