Google voice redesign merges AI Mode, Search Live, & Song lookup on Android - 9to5Google
Google is testing a redesigned voice search interface for Android that introduces a bottom toolbar for switching between standard Search, AI Mode, Search Live, and Song Search. The update aims to streamline navigation between different search functionalities.
Why it matters
This redesign reflects Google's ongoing effort to integrate generative AI more deeply into its core search products to compete in the evolving AI-driven search landscape.
The voice search button accessible from the Google bar found on most Android homescreens is getting a big redesign.
In the previous design introduced earlier this year , tapping the four-color microphone in the Google widget or inside the Google app would just transcribe your query for a regular Search. There’s also a Song Search shortcut.
This big revamp takes after Google Lens’s Search, Translate, Live, and Create switcher by adding a toolbar at the bottom of the screen that lets you go between Search, AI Mode, Search Live, and Song Search.
Search features a new four-bar waveform, with a transcription appearing at the top as you speak.
Once you’re done with your AI Mode query, tap the next arrow, while the stop button at the left takes you to a Search box with a transcript to make further edits.
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