Google updating its ‘G’ icon for the first time in 10 years

Following the last update nearly 10 years ago, Google is updating its iconic ‘G’ icon.

On September 1, 2015, Google significantly updated its logo (‘Google’) to a modern typeface called Product Sans. As part of that, the ‘G’ icon changed from the lowercase white ‘g’ on a blue background to the circular design we’ve now had for the past 10 years.

Google is now updating the icon so that there are no longer four solid color sections. Instead, red bleeds into yellow, yellow into green, and green into blue. It looks more vibrant and colorful. This modernization feels inline with the Gemini gradient, while AI Mode in Search uses something similar for a shortcut.

Old vs. new

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Currently, this new icon is already in use by the Google Search app for iOS as of an update yesterday. On Monday, the icon came to Android with Google app 16.18 (beta). It’s a subtle change that you might not immediately notice, especially if the main place you see it is on your homescreen. It will be even less noticeable as a tiny browser favicon.

It does not appear that Google is refreshing its main six-letter logo today, while it’s unclear whether any other product logos are changing. In theory, some of the company’s four-color logos, like Chrome or Maps, could pretty easily start bleeding in their sections.

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