Google Tests New Search Bar In Google App

Google is evaluation a redesigned hunt bar inside the Google mobile app. The new hunt bar is now has the + sign in it, and alternatively of saying "Search," it says "Ask Google." The hunt bar is additionally white, as opposed to gray and is thinner and higher up on the page.

I don't see this myself, but Akshay Gangwar AssembleDebug spotted this and posted concerning it on X and on Android Authority. He said, "Google app hunt bar redesign now rolling out alongside new affirmative clasp for uploads, Nano Banana, and AI Mode."

Here is the before and following screenshot, alongside the before on the remaining and the following on the right:

Google keeps pushing additional folks into AI features, akin AI Mode.

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