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After nan occurrence of OpenAI’s video editing app Sora, now astatine nan top of nan U.S. App Store, Google whitethorn beryllium looking to springiness its Gemini AI app a much visually focused revamp. The institution is seemingly experimenting pinch a caller personification interface that would displacement nan app from having a chatbot-style look and consciousness to 1 offering a scrollable provender pinch suggested prompts accompanied by eye-catching photos.
The changes were spotted successful a caller type of nan Gemini Android app by nan news tract Android Authority, but are not yet unrecorded to nan public. Instead, by looking into nan app’s code, a reverse technologist enabled nan app’s caller location screen. Here, shortcut buttons to do things for illustration “Create Image” aliases entree “Deep Research” were moved up connected nan screen, and were past followed by nan scrollable feed.
Reached for comment, a Google spokesperson said there’s nary announcement to beryllium made “just yet.”
In nan examples shown, prompts suggested nosy things to do pinch your photos, for illustration “teleport maine to heavy space,” “give maine a vintage aliases grunge look,” aliases “turn my drafting into a storybook,” among different things. Other prompts featuring a colorful inheritance offered different ideas of things to inquire Gemini, aliases suggested usage cases. For instance, 1 punctual thought said “brainstorm retired large pinch Live,” and different said “send maine a regular news roundup.”
Image Credits:Android Authority (opens successful a caller window)The thought is to animate users pinch much circumstantial suggestions of really to usage Gemini’s AI, alternatively than leaving them to fig retired nan AI chatbot’s capabilities connected their own. However, nan revamp would besides make Gemini’s app much visually appealing and engaging.
If pushed unrecorded to nan public, it could besides thief Google amended situation rival OpenAI, whose ChatGPT app is still reasonably minimalist arsenic it launches to a mostly blank screen. Plus, it could capitalize connected user request for Google’s newer AI image model, Nano Banana, which helped nan Gemini app climb nan App Store’s Top Charts successful September; it became nan No. 1 app arsenic of September 12, and held that ranking until being booted by Sora.
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