Gemini’s Compose Box May Be Getting a New Tools Button Soon

Google seems to be planning to redesign the user interface of Gemini on Android devices. While the company is yet to officially hint at anything, an APK teardown of the latest Google app beta release suggests Gemini’s compose box could get a new “Tools” button soon. The search titan hasn’t rolled out the feature yet, but folks over at Android Authority have managed to manually enable it.

Google is also upgrading Google Docs for Android with Gemini to help users with reading and writing documents.

In the code of the latest beta version of the Google app, the source has enabled the new Tools button for Gemini. Currently, Gemini’s compose box houses shortcuts for Canvas, Video, and Deep Research functionalities. The Video and Research tools sit permanently to the left of the microphone, while you can access the Canvas option through the three-dot menu.

However, Google could replace shortcuts for the aforementioned features with a single “Tools” button. Tapping this button will open a window, providing you access to all three functionalities. Once you select one of these options, its button will appear in the compose box, which you can stop using by hitting the “x” icon.

Google could release the new UI redesign of the Gemini compose box for Android devices in the stable version of the app soon. The new design will arrive soon after the company rolled out new scheduled actions for Gemini.

Google is also improving Docs for Android with Gemini enhancements

The search titan has already enhanced almost all of the Google Workspace services, like Docs, Sheets, and Slides, with Gemini. However, the company has mostly applied the Gemini enhancements to the web versions of these services. Google has now announced that Gemini features are coming to the Google Docs application for Android devices.

The new Gemini-powered Docs app will help you read and write documents. The Gemini chatbot inside the Docs app can summarize text, find something in it, or help users quickly make a new document based on specific details. Google started rolling out this feature on June 9 and will offer it for all users by July 2.