For the past few months, Google has been testing a more compact auxiliary user interface that takes some visual tails from the Pixel 4. The major change is how the results don’t fill the entire screen. The company is now testing another Google Assistant design that brings the lightbar to non-Pixel phones.
In the new Pixel 4 Google Assistant, the light bar is displayed when the microphone is active and listening. Press while you speak and continue to cheer until a response is returned. This interface is very bold and quite prominent.
Meanwhile, all the other pixels in Android 10+ have a variant of the lightbar. As you swipe up from the corner, the light flows from the sides of the phone and is grouped at the bottom, and then the Assistant panel appears.
Google now appears to bring the lightbar to non-Pixel 4 devices as part of the latest Assistant design. There are some key tweaks to the “Compact Wizard” that A / B has been tested in recent weeks.
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Start by removing the pill-shaped controls at the bottom of the screen. Lens, voice and keyboard search are no longer grouped. There is no longer a microphone that animates at four points and then a waveform as you speak. This is replaced by the light bar to indicate that the Assistant is actively listening.
The keyboard input has been moved to the right corner, just like on the Pixel 4, while Snapshot power can be accessed from the other end. Meanwhile, the lens icon has moved to the front of the hint chip carousel. Finally, there is a big “Hello, how can I help you?” ask with the logo above.
We have confirmed that this is not the fastest Device Assistant that is currently only available on the Pixel 4, and is expected on the 4a, as continuous conversation is not available on phones with this new design.
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This design seeks to replace the compact design of the Wizard. However, the results here don’t fill the entire screen either, thus preserving the context of what you were doing previously.
There are at least two reports of this design on Pixel and non-Pixel devices. It has not yet been widely implemented.
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