Android's Photo Picker is adding a search bar that helps you find specific images in your gallery, and it could also soon get a date scrubber.

Google has now rolled out the redesigned Pixel Launcher search bar and new Gemini launch animation to Android 16 QPR1 Beta 2 users.

After beta testing earlier this month, the Google app on Android is rolling out a redesign of the Search bar widget to all users.

If you have a Pixel phone running Android 16, your Google Search bar might look a bit different. Mine does, and I'm not a fan.

Google has slipped a small but telling change into the search bar that sits on millions of Android… ...