Gemini prompt bar gets sheet redesign, absorbing the model picker

After adding the “Tools” menu last month, a redesign of the Gemini app’s prompt bar removes the box, while the model picker is being moved.

On Android and iOS, the prompt bar is no longer housed in a rounded rectangle. It’s now a bottom sheet that’s meant to be above the homepage and conversations, while merging with open keyboards. A shadow at the top edge helps distinguish the layers.

Old vs. new

When you’re in a chat, Google has moved the “Gemini can name mistakes, so double-check it” disclaimer given the new sheet design/metaphor. It now appears at the end of the response for a cleaner overall look.

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In removing the box, the plus menu (which is also a sheet) and Gemini Live button move closer to the left/right edges. This results in more space for the next change that Gemini is beginning to implement.

Google is moving the model picker from the top of the homepage (below “Gemini”) to the bottom-right corner of the prompt bar. As part of this, the microphone icon is now housed in a circle. Tapping “2.5 Flash or “2.5 Pro” brings up the same bottom sheet as before.

One benefit of this design is how you change models directly in a conversation for your next prompt.

The box-less prompt bar redesign is widely rolled out on Android and iOS (try force stopping) after some Gemini app users received it last month. Gemini’s new model picker is not yet widely available and only appearing on a few devices we checked today.