Google TV is redesigning the highest portion of its cell Android app to permit for a extra immersive, search field-less UI.
The app has lengthy featured a full-width search bar with “Google TV” branding within the center. It’s joined by a voice enter shortcut and account switcher/menu. Within the “For you” tab, art work is rounded on the high corners.
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One of many units we’re seeing it on is a Pixel Fold. The massive display UI is unchanged in the mean time. Not having a big bar is extra visually interesting on that kind issue.
A redesign replaces the sphere with only a magnifying glass icon subsequent to your profile avatar. “Google TV” seems within the top-left nook, whereas art work goes as much as the very high. This has the upside of creating the app really feel extra immersive.
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In the meantime, whenever you launch search, there’s now an “Discover genres” grid — Motion, Animated, Comedy, and many others. — that takes you to a devoted web page with varied carousels. This doesn’t exist within the earlier design.
First-party apps have been trending in direction of eliminating full-width search bars. Google Messages and the Play Retailer (to a lesser extent) are outstanding examples of that. The argument in opposition to them is that the magnifying glass icon is greater than apparent and takes up much less house. That mentioned, the search bar presents a really massive contact goal that’s extraordinarily apparent and onerous to overlook. If search is an enormous side of an app, it does make sense to maintain it.
This search redesign for Google TV is a server-side rollout that isn’t but extensively accessible. We’re seeing it on some units with model 4.39.2486.x of the app.
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