Google overhauls its Home app with a new design.
Over the years, Google Home app has gone through many design changes and features update, along with the name of the app. Google Home was earlier known as Chromecast app which then changed to GoogleCast, ultimately settling on Google Home. Now, it looks like Google is working on another update for the app with a complete design overhaul of the app in accordance with the latest material design.
Since its last rebranding, the app has seen so many changes to improve the overall functionality of the Google’s smart home devices like Google Chromecast, Google Home, Google Home Mini and Google Home Max.
Design changes as per the report
As of now, there is no clear word regarding when the update will roll out for its users. However, looking at last few weeks, Google is dedicated to bringing the Material Design elements to all of its services. Most likely it won’t take too long before everyone starts seeing these changes.
Talking about design changes, Google has recently updated its Google Maps with the new material design theme to fit better with its upcoming mobile OS.
According to an XDA recognized developer Quinny899, the biggest change is the removal of ‘hamburger’ icon at the top left corner and the addition of bottom menu bar. Apart from this, the other major design overhaul can be seen on the device page, which now looks totally different from the current image based layout for each device. The device page now looks cleaner and easy to use with the tile layout.
As of now, there is no clear word regarding when the update will roll out for its users. However, looking at last few weeks, Google is dedicated to bringing the Material Design elements to all of its services. Most likely it won’t take too long before everyone starts seeing these changes.
Talking about design changes, Google has recently updated its Google Maps with the new material design theme to fit better with its upcoming mobile OS.
The addition of scrolling bar just below the search bar that shows all the categories such as petrol pumps, pharmacies, hospitals, restaurants, cafes, supermarket and more. Tapping on one of these will show you all the nearby stores, petrol pumps or any other category that you tap.
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