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TL;DR Google is reportedly moving away from its minimalist icon style and leaning into a more vibrant gradient look.
According to a leak, Google’s icons are ditching uniform backgrounds that previously made apps blend together in the app drawer.
Gmail, Google Drive, Calendar, Meet, and others are apparently getting redesigned icons with less rigid use of Google’s four-color rule.
Google appears to be ditching the flat, minimalist style that has shaped its apps for years. Now, it’s introducing a vibrant gradient redesign. We’ve already seen this gradient icon style in Google Photos and Maps, and now it looks like it’s coming to Google’s Workspace apps too.
The company could be launching a bold, gradient-focused redesign for Gmail, Drive, Calendar, Meet, and more, according to 9to5Google. The strict rule that every icon had to use all four Google colors is gone. The uniform page backgrounds that made your app drawer look like a rainbow blur are gone too. Now, the icons finally stand out from each other.
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Let’s start with Gmail. The familiar ‘M’ envelope shape remains, but now it’s mostly red with only small touches of yellow, green, and blue. Meanwhile, Google Drive has dropped red completely. Its well-known green, yellow, and blue now appear inside a rounded, almost bulb-like triangle.
Docs keeps its vertical paper icon, but Sheets and Slides switch to a landscape layout. It’s a smart reference to how people actually use those apps. Furthermore, Google Calendar drops the four-color container and goes back to a simple, blue-focused flip-style icon.
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