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We’re all used to the current look of Google Photos, but there’s a chance that it could change. Thanks to a popular Telegram channel, it seems that Google is testing a new UI for Google Photos.

Google’s defining and redefining its Material You interface, and this means several redesigns for its apps. The company is working on creating a more unified look across its apps. Apps like the Google Play Store, Google Wallet, Google Chat, and others have seen subtle changes over the past couple of months.

Google Photos could be getting a new UI

Since we’re talking about a redesign that’s in testing, you’ll want to take this news with a grain of salt. According to the Google News EN Telegram channel (via Android Police), Google could be working on a pretty different look for its Photos. Google is testing this out on a limited selection of users, so chances are that you won’t see this.

One of the main things that you’ll notice is the change made to the bottom bar. Instead of a bottom bar, we’ll see a floating bar hovering just a few millimeters above the bottom. In it, we see that a few elements were moved around.

There are four buttons in the floating bar. There are the Photos, Memories, Library, and Search buttons. Instead of living at the top as a carousel, Memories will have their own tab. Thus, they’ll have a full dedicated page. On the Memories page, you’ll see a vertically-scrolling feed of your memories. They’ll all be separated by date.

The Sharing button no longer sits at the bottom with the other buttons. Instead, it was moved to the top of the UI right next to your profile picture.

Google seems to be testing a Google Photos experience without the bottom bar. On other screens, we see that the bottom bar is missing. Also, we’ve seen Google take the bottom bar away from other apps. It looks like Google Photos might follow suit.