After testing in recent months, the Google Search app on Android has now widely rolled out an “Activity” tab in the bottom bar.
Replacing the “Saved” tab, Activity appears as the last item on the bottom bar alongside Home, Search, and Notifications. It is grouped into three sections.
History shows your four last searches and any sites you’ve opened from results. Each is placed in a card with the favicon, query or page name, day/date, time, and domain. The overflow menu lets you Save, Share, and Delete. Tap the “[x] items” in the corner to get a full “History” list. This is a bit faster than having to open the account menu for “Search history.”
Saved items is the old “All saved items” collections view, with everything presented as a carousel. This can include websites, images, products, Google Maps listings, movies, and TV shows.
Collections are the default and custom groupings of your Saved items. If you prefer the old Activity tab, that page is still accessible from “Saves & Collections” in the account menu.
We’re seeing this widely rolled out with version 16.19 of the Google app, including in the stable channel.
In other Google app changes, Google has toned down the square Daily Listen card in the Home tab’s space carousel. The blue background is replaced by a faint outline, like every other item in this section. This matches how the shortcuts underneath the Search bar now lack color if you have AI Mode.
Old vs. new
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