The UIs of apps have evolved over the years. This doesn’t mean that a UI designed five years ago was wrong; it was designed based on how we used our apps back then. These types of changes happen from time to time. For Google Photos users, it looks like the company is rolling out a new floating toolbar that replaces the previously used bottom bar.
Meet the new Google Photos floating toolbar
As noted by 9to5Google, Google Photos has been updated with a new floating toolbar design. This new toolbar will house access for Photos, Collections, and Create inside of a pill-shaped container. To the right, there is another floating action toolbar that lets users search for photos or ask.
That being said, it should be noted that this toolbar is persistent. This means that it doesn’t matter how fast or how far you scroll, the toolbar will remain. We’ve seen how some other apps might make the toolbar disappear while scrolling, but that’s not the case here. In this instance, it makes sense since we might have thousands of photos and videos.
Keeping the toolbar persistent will help users switch back and forth between their photos and collections. Google has also placed the toolbar high enough. This allows photos underneath the toolbar to still peek through.
First on the iOS app
If you’re interested in checking out these changes, it seems that it is only available on Google Photos for iOS for now. However, it’s safe to assume that Google should eventually bring these changes to the Android app.
While this change is more of an aesthetic update, Google has been steadily making meaningful updates to its Photos app. More interestingly, Google has leveraged the use of AI in Google Photos. This comes in the form of using custom prompts to help users turn their photos into videos.
We’ve also seen Google make the app more “fun” and playful, rather than just being a place to store your photos. This includes turning your photos into memes or using a TikTok-style video discovery feature to help you find similar videos from the same day, location, or activity.
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