GOOGLE’S NEW LOGOS ARE BAD!

Gmail has a new logo, and the same is with a number of other Google products that we use day in and day out. These include Calendar, Drive, Docs, and Meet. All are getting new icons as part of a rebranding the company is rolling out. It is part of Google renaming GSuite to Google Workspace and bringing all apps under its umbrella with the aim to enhance productivity and collaboration.

The new Gmail logo is now an M made out of Google’s core brand colours-Blue, Red, Yellow, and Green. It is said to be more in sync with the design of other Google products. But the change is only in the logo, Gmail is not getting any new feature with it. Google calendar is now a square with Blue as the primary colour. The bottom-right corner is creased and at the centre is the number “31”.

Google Drive still has the triangle with slightly rounded edges. There is also a dash of red added other than the current three colours. Google Docs gets a rectangular shape with a creased top-right corner, similar to that of calendar’s. Google chat too is getting a new icon, and it’s all green.

The GMeet icon gets a video camera icon formed from basic shapes. Google Keep is now a sheet of paper, the square background is gone. The light bulb’s design too is flattened. Google Voice icon shows a phone icon out of the dark green chat bubble with a signal coming from it.

GSuite will now be called Google workspace. This is not the first time Google is rebranding its enterprise apps suite, it was formerly called “Google Apps” and “Google Apps for your Domain”.