In recent months, Google has worked constantly to perfect the experience of use of Gemini, the artificial intelligence platform that is gradually integrating into the Android ecosystem and beyond; In these hours the Mountain View company has started the release of a User updating specifically designed for tablets and folding deviceswith the aim of making the overlap of Gemini more comfortable and usable on large screens.
Follow Google Italia on Telegram, Receive news and offers first
Gemini’s overlay gets smaller on tablets and folding
As anticipated at the opening, Google has started to distribute a server side update that significantly reduces the size of Gemini’s overlapping (overlay); Previously this interface occupied about two thirds of the display width and was positioned in the center of the screen, sometimes resulting rather cumbersome, especially during the contextual use of other apps in mulitasking mode.
After the update, the overlay is presented more compact, occupying only one third of the screen and automatically anchoring to the right side; This approach allows to maintain more space available for other activities and to improve the readability of the background content. In other words, the new side position aims to optimize the ergonomics of the interaction, especially if you use the tablet in horizontal mode.
An interesting aspect of this new interface concerns the dynamic behavior of the text box, When you touch the field to interact the overlay, it is positioned in the center of the screenin order to guarantee greater visibility during the insertion of the text.
This design choice highlights Google’s will to balance compactness and usability, however it is worth specifying that, at least for the moment, There is no system to anchor the overlay on the left sidea limitation that could be uncomfortable for Mancini users or for those who prefer a different arrangement.
As often happens for the novelties of the Google ecosystem, this update is also being distributed progressively by activating the server side, at the moment the new interface seems available for a small number of users, at least according to the reports on the web.
It is important to underline that The modification only concerns the standard experience of Gemini and does not yet extend to the Gemini Live modeeven in the future, a similar Redesign could also arrive for the latter; However, it is not clear with certainty when the Rollout will be completed on a large scale.
This update is part of the wider path of uniformation of the Gemini experience between different devices, already in the recent past Google had introduced a lateral navigation panel inspired by the web version, which expanded on tablets automatically to facilitate access to the various sections.
The new closer overlap and anchored laterally continues on this path, with the aim of offering an increasingly consistent interaction among all types of devices.
If you use an Android tablet or a folding device and you are curious to find out if the update has already been activated on your account, you just need to call back Gemini and observe the position of the overlay, if it is closer and positioned on the right you are among the first to benefit from this novelty; Otherwise it will be sufficient to patient a little, waiting for Google to complete global release in the next few days or weeks.
