The icons for some of Google’s most popular services will soon be overhauled, according to a new leak. Late last year, Google introduced a gradient-focused redesign for apps like Maps and Photos, and now it’s reportedly coming to 13 other services.
Sources that speak with 9to5Google have shared a look at the upcoming design changes coming to Calendar, Chat, Documents, Drive, Forms, Gmail, Keep, Meet, Sheets, Sites, Slides, Tasks, and Voice icons.
Each new logo appears more vibrant than previous options, with gradients changing to a different color on most logos. That’s a new design option for Google, recently, with 9to5Google reporting that sources say it’s being discussed internally as a way to show how each app features AI-powered integrations.
The rumored designs for each Google service logo (Credit: 9to5Google)
The most comprehensive redesign is the new look of Google Chat, which goes from a four-color chat bubble to a more rounded green bubble with a smiling mouth.
Some popular apps will also use fewer colors, such as Google Meet and Calendar, which lose their multicolor designs. The Drive logo has also been reduced to three colors: green, blue and yellow, losing its red accent.
Docs, Sheets, and Slides look similar to what you’ve seen before, with redesigned internal icons that retain their distinctive colors. The sheets and slides have also been rotated to landscape orientation, which makes sense since most projects in each software look that way.
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The Gmail logo redesign is relatively light and continues to use all three colors, but with the left side now all red, smoothly transitioning to yellow, then green, and finally blue. It also looks a little more like a physical letter than the other recent designs.
We still don’t know when they will appear on the services or if this will actually happen. Note that this is still leaked information, but the sources seem reliable, which may mean we’ll see it sooner rather than later. If true, we would expect to hear official news from Google before the launch.
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