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Previously, the Search bar was a simple pill that featured Google’s “G” logo on the left end, and then had the custom shortcut, voice input, and Google Lens buttons on the right.

Instead, it may take you to a page that mimics Google. At the top of the page, there’s a search bar accompanied by small text beneath it and a doodle-like image.

The Google (Search) app did that last year before reverting, and it’s now back. Update 10/31: We’re now seeing the Material 3 bottom bar in the stable channel with Google app 15.42.

For a random set of users running the latest Google beta app (version 15.35.41.29.arm64), Google seems to be testing a small, but significant improvement to its home screen Search widget.

More info. We’ve been playing with Android 16 QPR1 Beta 2 for a few days now, and while it’s mainly full of bug fixes, we did notice Google’s refreshed Search bar.

Google Photos is testing a new UI that moves the search bar to the bottom for easier access and keeps it persistent on search results.

For some Google searchers the ability to go to page two of the search results is simply not possible. The classic Google pagination bar is missing at the bottom of the results for some searchers.