Google’s Gemini app is getting a full visual overhaul on iOS, with Liquid Glass and a new homepage

Google is rolling out a full redesign of its Gemini app on iOS, and screenshots shared to Reddit over the weekend give the clearest look yet at what the overhaul looks like in practice.

The new homepage ditches the previous layout in favor of a pill-shaped prompt box, a centered greeting that reads “Hi [name], what’s on your mind?”, and a pulsating gradient background that becomes especially prominent in dark mode.

The Gemini spark logo sits just above the greeting. It’s a more visually ambitious look than what the app had before, and the Reddit thread where the screenshots surfaced gathered over 500 upvotes quickly, with users comparing it favorably to the ChatGPT and Claude apps.

The plus button now opens a bottom sheet that gives quick access to Photos, Camera, recent images, Files, and Notebooks. Below that sits a tools carousel covering Images, Videos, Music, Canvas, Deep Research, and Guided Learning.

The model picker has moved to a top-left dropdown, the account switcher is now at the bottom of the navigation drawer, and the icon set has been updated to use thinner, rounded outlines throughout.

On iOS, the redesign makes heavy use of Liquid Glass, the translucent material system introduced in iOS 26. It gives the app a distinctly native feel, and it shows up in the navigation elements, overlays, and the gradient effects that activate when you enter a prompt. Whether Android gets an equivalent treatment is unclear.

Google has been testing parts of this layout on Android and desktop web for months, but Liquid Glass is an iOS-specific technology, so the two platforms will likely diverge somewhat on the visual side.

The rollout is server-side and limited for now, with some users seeing it on one account but not another. 9to5Google, which covered the redesign on May 3, confirmed it has been in development for several months. A wider release hasn’t been announced.