Google is working on a toolbox UI for Circle to Search

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Although the functionality of Circle to Search hasn't changed much since it debuted on the Galaxy S24 family of phones, Google seems undecided about its UI design. A teardown of a Google app version in development shows that the company is again redrawing the UI of Circle to Search.

These recent findings in the Google app (version 15.45.43.ve.arm64 beta) reveal a redesigned Circle to Search UI that has a new button shaped kind of like a traditional app drawer (via Android Authority).

Functionality-wise, it's more like a toolbox than an actual app drawer in the true sense of the word. When tapped, this button reveals a small pop-up menu containing different Circle to Search functionalities, including “Translate” and “Identify a song.”

Even “Google Lens” is included in this pop-up toolbox, oddly enough. As confirmed by a Samsung Community moderator not long ago, the Lens option got removed in a recent Circle to Search update “due to a change in the concept of the Google app.” It now seems like it might make a comeback.

One last unusual design element revealed by this recent Google app teardown is that the “Identify a song” option exists in two places, both in the toolbar and the new pop-up menu.

This redundancy could merely be the result of this Circle to Search UI redesign being incomplete. Or it could hint that the new UI might have a user-favorite slot that could accommodate any other Circle to Search tool.

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Mihai Matei - Senior Editor

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Mihai is a blogger and column writer at SamMobile. His first Samsung phone was an A800 which took a lot of beating, and a part of him still misses the novelty of the clamshell design. In his free time, he enjoys watching shows, documentaries, and stand-up comedy; listening to music, taking walks, and occasionally playing old(er) video games.

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Google is working on a toolbox UI for Circle to Search

Mihai Matei - Senior Editor

[email protected]

First Samsung device: SGH-A800

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