Google is rolling out its redesigned Workspace app icons

Google Workspace app icons are receiving a redesigned look that is rolling out widely. Many icons now use a gradient that fades from lighter to darker shades instead of a flat single tone. Some apps switch from rainbow-style icons to single-color designs, which may improve visual separation or recognition. Other icons change less, keeping similar colors and approaches, though some shift orientation, such as Sheets and Slides moving to landscape mode. Google Drive receives a major update with rounded corners and removal of a previous red spot. Google Keep loses its border, becoming a yellow light bulb shape, while Gmail gets a cleaner look with minimal change. The rollout occurs just before Google I/O.

"Users with the redesigned icons will notice they now have a gradient look that fades from lighter to darker shades, rather than being the same flat tone throughout, similar to the redesigned Google logo that launched a year ago."

"Some of the icons switched from a rainbow design to a single color, like Google Chat, Meet, and Calendar, which could help all of the icons stand out a bit more from one another - or make them harder to recognize. Others haven't changed as much, as 9to5Google notes, like Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides, which have the same colors and general approach."

"The Google Drive icon also got a significant overhaul with rounded corners (and it lost the spot of red it had in the bottom right corner). A few also lost the borders around them, like Google Keep, which is now just a yellow light bulb, rather than a bulb on a yellow rectangle."

"The new icons are arriving right before Google I/O kicks off on Tuesday, where Google could announce even more visual changes to its ecosystem."

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