{"id":608090,"date":"2026-04-26T21:14:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T21:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/608090\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T21:14:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T21:14:08","slug":"googles-new-gradient-icon-design-is-coming-to-more-apps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/608090\/","title":{"rendered":"Google\u2019s new gradient icon design is coming to more apps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">In late 2025, Google started rolling out new icons with a gradient design. Now it seems the new look is coming to the rest of Google\u2019s apps. <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2026\/04\/26\/gmail-google-gradient-redesign\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">9to5Google<\/a> got its hands on images of the new icons that ditch the uniform circle design that tries to cram in every color of the Google logo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">In general, the looks are softer. Corners are rounder, the gradients gently transition from almost pastel to the more saturated Google primary colors. We\u2019ve already seen this new design language show in updated versions of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/664958\/google-g-logo-gradient-design-change\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Google G logo<\/a>, as well as Gemini, Photos, and Maps. According to 9to5, this represents the presence of AI-powered features.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">The new icons are more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/770174\/google-pixel-drop-september-2025-material-3-expressive\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">playful<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/664316\/android-material-three-expressive-design-ui-io\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">vibrant<\/a>, and varied, reflecting recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/661483\/google-leak-material-3-expressive-android-design\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">design trends<\/a> that have moved away from the flat looks of the late 2010s and early 2020s. Google Sheets, Slides, Forms, Sites, and Keep all ditch the portrait-oriented sheet of paper look. Many of them shift to landscape layout, which is much more appropriate \u2014 when is the last time you saw a vertical PowerPoint presentation?<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Most of the icons feel like an improvement. They\u2019re more visually distinct and often embrace a single color, like Chat, which trades the four-color speech bubble outline for a green blob with a smile inside it that feels reminiscent of <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Hangouts_icon.svg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Google Hangouts<\/a> icon. The one exception is the Keep icon which, personal opinion, looks like hot trash.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">It\u2019s not clear when the new look icons will start rolling out, but it will probably be sooner than later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In late 2025, Google started rolling out new icons with a gradient design. Now it seems the new&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":608091,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[229,168,3,172,74],"class_list":{"0":"post-608090","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-design","9":"tag-google","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-tech","12":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=608090"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608090\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/608091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=608090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=608090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=608090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}