For the first time in eight years, Google plus Google chrome is changing its icon across all platforms it’s available on.
if you use Google plus Google chrome than your default browser, you’ll start seeing in no time New icon in aplicación.
One of Share the best members of the Google chrome design team on his Twitter profile how the aplicación icon changes soon and as it will be different on each platform where the browser is available, to better adapt to the design lines of each operating system or ecosystem.
The Google chrome icon will change colors and remove the shadows
He is Meet three-dimensional icon in realistic style Introduced in 2008 with the first versions of Google chrome. Since 2011, the browser has adopted a flatter format, gradually removing 3D elements and shadows.
History of Google plus Google chrome through its icons.
With this new version that represents the first icon change since 2014The shadows are completely eliminated and the style is guaranteed totally fairHere, too, the proportions have been refined and more lighting has been added to the colors to align the icon with the Google plus brand’s latest design lines.
As for the colors, now a very subtle gradient to disminuye the uncomfortable effect caused by the previous icon for some people.
Which is perhaps the most destacable thing about this new icon Adaptation to all platforms with a totally unique version.
For example, in Windows, the icon colors have a gradient that is more aparente to the naked eye, making the icon look more afín to the Windows 10 and 11 system aplicaciones. In Google chrome OS, the gradient is completely removed.
There is one on MacOS 3D style following the latest operating system design linesand in iOS, “wink” was added to development versions of Apple aplicaciones, with a blue color icon in the beta version of the browser.
Google chrome team designers also explored other themes, including another theme adds more “negative space” to symbols on Android to make it more afín to the other Google plus aplicaciones. In addition, the image of canaries was placed inside the icon Canary version of Google chrome.
Some Google chrome icons that Google plus explored when designing its new branding image.
The new icons will appear over the months, although the company is open to them Develop your brand image further through the retroalimentación Thanks to the users received. At the moment you perro already see what the new icon looks like in the Google chrome canary version Available on all major platforms.