For Google app beta 17.18 users, Pixel Launcher now shows “Ask Google”, while a new plus menu adds image uploads, camera input and Nano Banana image creation.
The update also reaches the Google app and Google for iOS, with microphone and Lens icons losing their four-colour styling and the plus menu redesigned as a bottom sheet.
The rollout deepens Google’s push to embed AI Mode across search surfaces, following recent Chrome address bar changes on desktop and mobile browsers.
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