Google has now confirmed that the new icon is widely rolled out, and Google Chat’s home screen redesign is now making its way to Android. The rollout has ramped up in recent days and we now have it on all our devices after force closing the standalone Chat app and Gmail.
You still have to manually enable the “Chat” tab from Gmail Settings > your email address > General. Unlike Meet, Google never rolled out the integrated Google Chat experience to all users.
The two-tab bottom bar and “New” FAB have been replaced. Instead of tabs for Chat and Spaces, you now have Home, Direct messages, Spaces, and Mentions in a pill-shaped container.
