What started out as a shiny, three-dimensional emblem has been squashed down into a 2D symbol. He then asked for feedback, which will help the team improve the product.įrom 2008 until now, the Chrome logo has been getting gradually simpler. Open your Chrome browser and then click the More icon (with three lines or dots) in the upper right corner and select Settings. We want our brand to convey the same level of care,” said Hu. so subtle?” We tailor Chrome’s experience to each OS, with features like Native Window Occlusion on Windows, day-one M1 support on macOS, Widgets on iOS/Android, and Material You on Android. The designer then explained why the change is so subtle. The colours in the logo also look more vibrant. “Fun fact: we also found that placing certain shades of green and red next to each other created an unpleasant color vibration, so we introduced a very subtle gradient to the main icon to mitigate that, making the icon more accessible,” he added in subsequent tweet.ĭue to these changes, the blue circle in the middle seems to be bigger. The new logo will be rolling out across various platforms ‘soon.’ If you want to read more about what’s new, I recommend reading Hu’s Twitter thread detailing the changes here.We simplified the main brand icon by removing the shadows, refining the proportions and brightening the colors, to align with Google's more modern brand expression. The new icons will start to appear across your devices soon. Yes! we’re refreshing Chrome’s brand icons for the first time in 8 years.
Some of you might have noticed a new icon in Chrome’s Canary update today. I mean what if the Chrome logo was actually, you know chrome? Now that’s a bright and shiny idea.
That said, part of me wishes Google had gone bonkers and made an altogether new logo (Google apparently considered bigger changes but decided against them). On the whole, it’s a change that most people won’t notice, and that’s probably just fine.
Meanwhile, the Mac version comes out of left field with a slightly 3D icon that somewhat matches native Apple icons. I've used IcoFX (Trial version) to generate various.
Per Hu, on Windows 11, the logo has a more graduated look to match the OS’ aesthetic.īut on Chrome OS, the colors are more solid, because that’s the way Google’s design leans these days. The answer is given in comments: you need to change icons that are stored in chrome.dll using Resource Tuner (use Trial version) or Resource Hacker (free). Google is actually making the logo subtly different for various platforms in order to better blend with their individual aesthetics.
The Chrome logo is pretty iconic, and everyone knows what it is. So yeah, it’s Chrome’s first new logo in eight years, but not that much has changed. *Types away at keyboard.* Okay, that is new-chrome-logo-2022.png.įor reference, this is old-chrome-logo-2014.png: