Reports have stated that the Gemini button has got new access on Androids enabling you to turn it off, the Gemini AI has got the activation and floats around the Google Messages usually, however, this Floating Action Button can be used for providing direct information with Gemini AI, just on the Messages.
Moreover, this small Gemini AI interaction feature works as a shortcut key to quickly access the conversation with Gemini. In this Floating Action Button, the Gemini Button appears over the rectangular “Start chat” which enables you a quick jump for a talk with Gemini without leaving your path.
Google Messages allows you to hide the Gemini button
This floating action button may appear as a mind-diverting element in Messages, therefore to hide this Gemini button Google provides new settings. You can able to hide it by going to Settings>Gemini in Messages>Show Gemini Button and tuning it off by this.
Talking about this new update from Google it should have been offered earlier, as this small Floating action is kind of a bit prominent, when you scroll through the conversation list, the rectangle shrinks to a round square however the sparkle container remains the same. So it has become convenient to work on messages by hiding the Gemini button from that rectangular FAB.
Furthermore, this new update would be seen in the new Gemini setting widely available in the beta channel (version 20240808_01_RC00). However, it is not available for the stable release, even though the button lists have been seen over the point.