As part of Google Workspace, the company is rolling out a new branding for its productivity applications. Gmail – as announced last month – will receive a new icon, with Calendar, Drive, Docs, and Meet also in the coming weeks.
In the coming weeks, users will see new four-color icons for Gmail, Drive, Calendar, Meet and our collaborative content creation tools such as Docs, Sheets, Slides, which look like the same family and represent engagement. of Google Workspace to create immersive communication and collaborative experiences, all with the utility of Google.
The new Gmail icon follows the design direction of modern Google apps. Much like Maps and Photos this year, the messaging service adopts an icon that uses Google’s four colors: blue, red, yellow, and green to form an “M.” Red still has the biggest share, but it comes as Google moves away from accent colors in its apps.
All of the older Gmail icons have a distinct envelope. This is now only implied, with Google exploiting the white space above and below the center caret / chevron to form an envelope. It’s smart in that all modern smartphone icons are going to be placed on a white background anyway. These icons are flatter than before with no shadows, but there is some overlay in each of them.
Meanwhile, Calendar receives similar treatment to the new Gmail icon by deleting the physical object it was previously modeled on. It is now a square with the lower right corner pleated. Blue is the main color, while “31” is in the center.
The reader is relatively unchanged, but the triangle has slightly rounded edges. There is also a very subtle touch of red after the icon previously only had three colors. It’s the most minor change, but ends up being one of the most delicious.
Given their relationship, Docs – a replacement for all of the editor’s apps – is essentially the Drive icon, but in rectangle form and with a folded top right corner.
Google Meet completes the new icons. Again, realism is dropped for a video camera icon formed from basic shapes.
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