Animations add visual cues to notify users about what's going on in your app and improve their understanding of its interface. Here's how to implement them.

Google is quietly experimenting with a new animation for Circle to Search (CtS). At least, that is what some Galaxy S25 Ultra users are reporting. Related ...

The animation that plays when you enter and exit Circle to Search is now different. Ordinarily, the search bar expands out from the bottom pill when you trigger Circle to Search and shrinks to a ...

The circle's appearance had nothing to do with which version of the app you used, so there was no way for us to distribute the change to everyone. We didn't even have the animation ourselves. By ...