Lyn, I have been trying to use this new version since it's release and I can tell you for certain that this is not the same version with new features. It's a terrible version that is missing the features that made the previous version great. The so called "new features" are useless too. As I keep saying, I want the previous version back. That's the only way you can fix this. Bring the previous version back, and add the AI features if you must, (the only new feature I see) to the previous version. Problem solved.
If you are using AE from mobile, you will be able to go there - and only there - and still use the old version for a little while, until the new version is eventually rolled for mobiles too (You can have the mobile version for free on the Apple App store or Android Play store) That said, the mobile version has always been more limited anyway, personnaly I wouldn't go back to the old version (particularly concerning the new animations features and video editing) but I confesss that there is a slight learning curve to go from the old to the new: you can check the Adobe Care official Youtube channel with plenty of short tutorials concerning Adobe Express (+ other stuff) https://www.youtube.com/@AdobeCare/videos