Google is rolling out its redesigned Workspace app icons

What happened

According to The Verge’s source item, Google is rolling out its redesigned Workspace app icons, It’s not just you - the Google Workspace apps are getting a new look. The redesigned app icons, leaked last month, are now rolling out widely, as we started noticing this morning. Users with the redesigned icons will notice they now have a gradient look that fades from lighter to darker shades, rather than being […] It’s not just you - the Google Workspace apps are getting a new look. The redesigned app icons, leaked last month , are now rolling out widely, as we started noticing this morning. 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

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