After pushing the new updates for the web, Google Chat for Android is getting a big redesign that brings multiple new UI elements. Notably, the update is also live for iOS users. These new features accompany the new icon that Google Chat has recently updated. Speaking of new features, the new Google Chat update brings a revamped bottom navigation bar.
The new navigation bar gets four tabs or sections that are similar to the web version, which is on its way. The previous design only had two tabs, Chats and Spaces, on mobile. But now, you get Home, Direct messages, Spaces, and Mentions. From the Home tab, you can access all of your conversations in one unified view, in the Direct messages tab you can check all of your 1:1 conversations, Spaces shows a compact list of all your spaces, and Mentions shows you how to easily find conversations and spaces where you have been mentioned.
The four new tabs are fitted inside a pill-shaped floating container
In the official blog, Google showed what the new Google Chat redesign looks like. There is just the Chat tab sitting between the email and meet tabs. The four new tabs/sections appear in a floating pill-shaped container above the bottom bar. You also get an unread badge for each section as well as a unified count bar at the bottom bar.
The redesign UI for the Google Chat Android app is rolling out widely for everyone, including all Google Workspace customers and users with personal Google accounts.
