Google changes its Chrome logo for the first time in eight years

Google has made a minor adjustment to the Chrome logo, the first change in eight years after it was given a new look in 2014.

So, what has changed? Basically, the circle in the famous logo has gotten a little bigger and a new shade of subtle gradient (that most people won't even notice) was added to the main icon. This was done to supposedly reduce the friction caused by placing certain shades of green and red, next to each other.

There are also OS-specific customisations. On Windows, the new icon matches the Windows 11 aesthetic, taking on a more gradated look. On Chrome OS, the icon uses brighter colors without gradients, and on MacOS, they have been made to look 3D.

This information comes courtesy of @elvin_not_11 on twitter aka Elvin Hu, a designer on the Google Chrome team.

Some of you might have noticed a new icon in Chrome’s Canary update today. Yes! we’re refreshing Chrome’s brand icons for the first time in 8 years. The new icons will start to appear across your devices soon. pic.twitter.com/aaaRRzFLI1

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— Elvin (@elvin_not_11) February 4, 2022

Oh, there are also some new icons for developer and beta versions of Chrome, including a blueprint style icon for iOS Beta's.

If you are excited to see the brand new logo, then 1) god help you and 2) It isn't rolling out to everyone just yet and is limited to Chrome's Canary test branch, but Google says it should be rolling out to everyone soon.