TL;DR
- The Google app’s voice search interface has been updated with a new look.
- This new appearance is more in line with Gemini and Search AI Mode.
- The update is live for some users across multiple versions of the Google app.
Update, January 19, 2026 (2:43 PM ET): Almost immediately after publishing this story, we managed to enable an even newer version of the voice search interface in version 17.2.51.sa.arm64 of the Google app:
