Google is rolling out an update to its Recorder app that offers a UI better suited for larger screens before it goes on sale next month with the Google Pixel Tablet tablet and Pixel Fold phone, according to 9to5 Google.
Google Recorder’s previous tablet UI was just a landscape mode for phones. On the home screen, there is now a two column layout for saving recordings, and the large FAB is now located in the bottom right corner instead of being centralized in a dedicated column for that button.
When viewing recordings, Google displays waveforms and transcripts side-by-side instead of having to choose one over the other, similar to the web version of recorder.google.com layout, with a redesigned Material You; the playback controls have been moved to the bottom corner and are now side-by-side instead of stacked, and there are large buttons for editing, with similar optimizations in the bottom left corner.
Finally, the recording UI has switched to the same two-column layout for waveform and text recording, as well as buttons, and the time has been moved to the bottom left corner.
Google Recorder version 4.2.20230427.530752515 (as opposed to 4.2.20230419.x) is now available through the Play Store. Since the Pixel Tablet and Fold are not yet available, users can test the Google Recorder update by increasing the DPI to 600+ in the developer options.
Google has updated more than 50 first-party apps ahead of the upcoming Recorder app, with apps like Gmail (navigation bar), Google Calendar and Weather still waiting to get updates.
