Gemini Live Gets More Compact Interface Ahead Of Astra

Ahead of Astra video and screen sharing later this month, Gemini Live is getting a more compact interface on Android.

The large circular buttons for “Hold” and “End” are now pills that are about half the height. They are currently centered, but will move to the right side when the video and screen share icons are introduced (as seen above).

Related: Gemini Live switching to phone call-style notifications

Google has also removed the text labels, with even more space available for the top portion. That can be leveraged by “Talk Live with” and Astra’s video feed. We’re seeing this compact Gemini Live UI today with Google app beta version 16.10 on Android. The company has yet to talk about Astra coming to Gemini Live on the iPhone.

Old vs. new

In other Gemini news today, Google confirmed that Deep Research is “100% rolled out on mobile” following the Thursday announcement and that it has “doubled the number of monthly reports available for Gemini users at no cost.” The company has not listed specific figures.

Google has also rolled out the new 2.0 Flash Thinking (experimental) model that has “better efficiency and speed,” access to apps (replacing the separate “with apps” version), and file upload. We’re also seeing wider availability of Personalization (experimental).

Saved info looks to be widely available on desktop and mobile, but not all users have the free Gems access.