Google Voice Search just got a major upgrade
Over the years, Google has built out an extensive portfolio of apps and services that are meant to cover and meet the needs of its customers. And an important part of keeping customers is ensuring that the experience is always evolving. When you've been at it as long as Google, the attention to the details and small refinements really start to matter.
And while we tend to see big features arrive in many of its products and services, Google also has a pretty good eye for introducing some minor enhancements as well. With that said, Google's Voice Search on Android is now getting revamped, adding a major redesign that enhances the visual experience in a big way.
Now, this isn't the first time that we are reporting this change. In fact, we first heard about it late last year when it was spotted as work in progress. And just a couple of months later, it was rolled out as an experiment to a number of users. The big change now is that this update is being made official and is now rolling out to all users on the stable and beta track.
The update was spotted by 9to5Google, shedding light that it should be available to all users running the latest version of the Google app on Android. If you're running the stable version, this should come in as version 17.1, while the beta will come in as version 17.2. When it comes to what exactly has changed, well, there's now a Google "G" logo at the top center of the screen when Voice Search is activated.
More importantly, there's a new menu that can be accessed from the same screen that will provide setting options for Voice Search, like changing the language, choosing the voice, and more. There's now also a new band of color that appears when Voice Search is activated, which actually does a lot when compared to the old one to add some visual appeal.
The "Search a song" button has also been made larger, making it easier to activate. Furthermore, the new UI ditches the sphere animation in favor of text that shows: Play, Sing, Hum. It all looks quite clean and brings the UI up to date with what we've been seeing in other Google apps.
Posted on: 1/20/2026 8:27:25 AM
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