Google’s New Update Refreshes Android Voice Search UI

Google’s hands-free voice search on Android is getting a major UI overhaul, replacing the bodyless face with a microphone, ...

Voice search in the Google app is leaning hard into the Gemini aesthetic

The Google app's voice search is getting a refreshed look that pulls from the Gemini aesthetic, with glowing, rainbow-colored ...
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Google Pixel devices lose Assistant microphone shortcut

In announcing that Assistant would lose 17 “underutilized” features, Google also said the Pixel Launcher microphone shortcut would be removed. Google is now rolling out this deprecation. The ...
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[Fixed] Pixel Launcher mic opens voice search and not Google Assistant

There are a handful of ways to launch Google Assistant on Android at this point. With the Pixel Launcher, you can tap the microphone icon in the search bar, but this is currently opening “voice search ...