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Google Gives Workspace Apps Rounded Gradient Icon Overhaul

4/27/2026

Summary

Story summary

Google is rolling out a gradient-styled, rounded redesign of its Workspace app icons.
Gmail keeps its envelope shape while adding rounded edges and a red-dominant gradient.
Drive drops red and displays only green, yellow and blue in a rounded-triangle icon.
Calendar returns to a blue flip-clock look, removing the four-color container.
Meet, Chat, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Keep, Tasks, Voice and Forms each receive single-color gradients and more rounded shapes.

History

Historical Context

At Google I/O on June 25 2014, Google introduced Material Design with Android 5.0 Lollipop, initially updating more than 100 core Android apps and later reaching 1.5 billion devices by 2018. The 2024 Workspace icon overhaul extends that cross-platform visual language, echoing the 2014 redesign and reinforcing the overall consistent branding across Google’s ecosystem.

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Story summary

Google is rolling out a gradient-styled, rounded redesign of its Workspace app icons.
Gmail keeps its envelope shape while adding rounded edges and a red-dominant gradient.
Drive drops red and displays only green, yellow and blue in a rounded-triangle icon.
Calendar returns to a blue flip-clock look, removing the four-color container.
Meet, Chat, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Keep, Tasks, Voice and Forms each receive single-color gradients and more rounded shapes.

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