Google Lens, the visual research tool integrated in the Google app and increasingly central in the ecosystem of the Mountain View company, could soon receive a small but important retouching to the graphic interface; We are not talking about unpublished revolutions or features, but a change that aims to make the experience of use more comfortable, especially for those who use the smartphone with one hand.
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Google Lens could move an element of the interface
The novelty we are about to see was identified by the codes hunter Assembradebuganalyzing version 16.22.44.sa.arm64 Beta of the Google app for Android, within which an update was identified linked to the Lens interface.
Currently, when you use Google Lens on an Android smartphone, the search results are shown in a card that opens from below, the search bar however moves to the top of the screen as you flow down down, a choice that, however visually clear, is not exactly comfortable to reach for those who usually use the smartphone with one hand.
With the identified change, Google is testing one Moving the search bar at the bottom of the interfacein a decidedly more accessible position and easily accessible with the thumb; A small care of certain, but which in a context of random and immediate use can make a huge difference.
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It is necessary to emphasize that this new interface is not yet publicly available, not even in the beta version of the software, the developer mentioned has in fact taken steps to activate it for traverse streets, allowing us to take first look at the novelty. As always, it is not said that we will actually see the novelty landing on a stable plan in the app, but his presence in the code suggests that Google is thinking seriously.
Moreover, it would not be the first time that the company experiences new design solutions to improve the usability of its applications and, in a world in which the displays continue to grow diagonally but the hands of the users remain the same, certain choices become more than sensible.
This possible novelty for Lens is part of that category of important updates that do not introduce any revolutionary function, but a simple change that could concretely improve the daily experience of those who use the tool in question to recognize plants, objects, translate texts or seek information directly from the images.
In short, if the test were to go well, we could soon find ourselves with a much more comfortable search bar to reach and use, helping to make Lens an even more versatile and accessible tool.
