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Gemini app tests ChatGPT-style camera UI and revamped @ menu, rolls out minimize button

Android Authority reports Google is testing a ChatGPT-like camera interface and cleaner @ menu for Gemini, while a new minimize button for the overlay is rolling out.

AI News Feed · 2026-09-05 09:30

In version 17.55.8 of the Google app, Android Authority activated a new camera UI for Gemini. In its current form, opening the camera through the + attachment menu opens a full-screen viewfinder. The test version would instead make the viewfinder cover roughly half the screen and keep the rest of the chat visible. The interface resembles the ChatGPT mobile app’s camera UI, though Google’s version floats over the chat and has a handle at the top that can expand the viewfinder to full screen or minimize it. The build also shows a back button and a slightly retouched shutter key, but the camera switcher has moved into a three-dot menu, a change Android Authority calls a regression from the current one-tap switching design.

The same test version reveals changes to the @ menu that appears when users type the symbol in a chat. Android Authority says the redesigned menu could be headlined “Connectors” and would become wider with rounded edges. It would also hide Connected Apps that users have disabled, making room for a “Connect apps” option at the bottom that links to the Connected Apps page. The last section of the menu would show Avatars, with an existing avatar and an “Add avatar” option; the outlet notes that addition appears redundant for accounts that already have an avatar set up.

Separately, Android Authority reports that Google has started rolling out a minimize button for the Gemini overlay. Users are reporting a dedicated “Minimize Gemini” button that stays visible throughout a conversation. The UI resembles a design Android Authority discovered in June, which added the button, and the feature is meant to keep the overlay from locking users out of the rest of the phone while the assistant is active. Google appears to be distributing the button gradually, and an earlier version of the interface Android Authority saw had no visible button.

As with pre-release features, Android Authority cautions that being able to activate these changes in a test version does not guarantee a public rollout. The minimize button is already appearing for some users, while the camera and @ menu updates remain in the testing phase.