Keeping lists does more than just help you keep organized; they also ease memory strain and provide a way to separate your ideas. Google Keep is one of our favorite Android applications because it has a good user experience, works well with the Google Workspace environment, and accomplishes the same purpose as other apps with various designs and emphasis on other aspects. A bottom-aligned navigation bar could be in need of a little visual update to the aforementioned interface.
Consistent user interface elements across all of Google’s apps—from Gmail and Drive to Phone and Photos—are the result of the company’s approach to app development and maintenance, which began with Material Design and continues with easy cloud syncing and a bottom navigation bar for switching between tabs. Interestingly, even the Play Store recently stopped supporting Google Keep‘s sidebar-heavy style, so it stands apart.
Right now, you can access blank checklists, drawings, voice notes, and annotated photos from the bottom bar in Keep. However, there’s a huge Plus floating action button (FAB) in the bottom right corner that’s essentially identical. You may make a checklist, include pictures, audio notes, and drawings in the newly created note. According to Danyil Kobzar on Telegram, who noticed a new design with a bottom bar in version 5.24.102 (via TheSpAndroid), it seems that Google is aware of this redundancy.
Embracing the style of the bottom navigation bar, Google Keep
Instead of a full-width bar with tabs, the new user interface has a pill-shaped navigation bar that is center-aligned, making Google’s willingness to experiment readily clear. This bar, which is reminiscent of the Home button on older Samsung Galaxy S series phones, takes the place of the FAB and looks a lot like the one we saw in the Google Chat app not long ago.
A Plus symbol sits smack in the middle of the new bottom bar, with shortcuts to make a checklist and a doodle on each side. Google removed the shortcuts for saving notes with photos and audio notes with this update. Just in case you forgot, the pill’s color changes in real time to match your current background. Not only does the update look great, but it also provides additional real estate for your notes, particularly when you’re viewing them in landscape mode.
The new bottom bar design, however, is flagged and inaccessible to beta testers. Nobody knows for sure when this design update will be available in the app’s stable version.