**Gemini App Update: Fresh Icon and Widget Improvements**
This week, the Gemini app for both Android and iPhone underwent a substantial update, unveiling a new app icon that complements Google’s signature four-color scheme. The updated logo prominently incorporates blue, red, yellow, and green hues, retaining a welcoming look with rounded corners that improve visibility, particularly at reduced sizes.
### New Logo Design
The redesigned logo keeps a mainly blue tone on the right side, enhanced by the other three colors. A gradient effect on the center-left reflects the style of Google’s current ‘G’ icon. The rounded contours of the new logo lend it a softer look, ensuring the icon stays distinct and identifiable even when viewed in smaller dimensions on users’ home screens.
The new design is marginally larger than the prior version, taking up more space within the white circular backdrop, which boosts its visibility. This intentional color selection and design modification indicate Google’s assurance in integrating Gemini into its collection of applications, while the distinctive sparkle shape sets it apart from other first-party apps.
### Widget Improvements
In addition to the new icon, Google has implemented significant upgrades to the homescreen widget on Android devices. Although the iOS version remains the same, the Android widget now features shortcuts for Video and Screenshare, enabling users to initiate these Gemini Live modes directly. This advancement simplifies user interaction, highlighting the app’s updated features.
The revised widget is less cluttered than its predecessor, offering one less shortcut in certain configurations. For setups of 3×3 and larger, users can reach all eight shortcuts, including options to launch the app, employ voice input, access the camera, gallery, files, video, screenshare, and live features. Furthermore, the “Ask Gemini” field has been streamlined to just the “Gemini” bar, removing the separate Dynamic Color background.
### Version Availability
As of Friday, the Gemini app version 1.0.776555963 is available on the [Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.bard), while the iOS version 1.2025.2562103 was released earlier in the week. This update also brings the capability to search past conversations on iOS, a feature not yet accessible on Android. Users can utilize this new search feature by tapping the chat icon in the top-left corner.
### Conclusion
The latest updates to the Gemini app not only elevate its visual identity with a revamped logo but also enhance user experience through widget improvements. As Google progresses with its applications, these modifications reflect a commitment to user-centered design and functionality. Users are encouraged to remain alert for additional updates, including the launch of the new icon on the web version of Gemini.
