Google is giving the classic G logo a striking new look

Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR Google introduced its four-color G logo back in 2015. The Google app on both iOS and Android has now started deploying a new G logo with a gradient spread to its colors. The new rainbow G has yet to appear on other Google products. Is there any branding in modern tech more iconic than the rainbow-colored Google logo? It’s taken a lot of forms over the years, and just about one decade ago, we saw Google condense its wordmark down into a multi-color, segmented G. It’s almost hard to believe we’ve been seeing that same G icon on our phone screens this whole time, but now it’s finally getting a change. Instead of a four-color G built from components matching letters from the original wordmark, Google is starting to roll out a new look for the G that instead spreads its colors across a smoothly changing gradient. The crew over at 9to5Google spotted this change surfacing in Google’s Search app for iOS, and now Android Authority can confirm it’s simi ... Read full article.