Google May Soon Revamp Gmail, Releases Teaser for Redesigned Icon

Gmail could get a brand new brand quickly, as per a report. This appears to be a part of Google’s bigger plan to present Gmail a facelift, with different adjustments deliberate as effectively. This follows Google’s current integration of Gmail with Google Meet and Google Chat, which means that Gmail desires to maneuver away from being simply an e-mail platform. The brand new in-the-works brand options an ‘M,’ however would not explicitly have the normal envelope to accompany it.

As per a report by 9to5Google, Google despatched a picture to the organisation that signifies that it’s engaged on a brand new brand for Gmail. As an alternative of explicitly that includes the envelope icon, the brand new brand solely implies the envelope form by the whitespace above and beneath. The outer corners of the icon look extra rounded than earlier.

Google has been making a shift from advertising Gmail as simply an e-mail platform, the recent integration of Google Meet being one such move. The brand new brand appears to be one other step in the direction of shifting away from Gmail’s affiliation as simply an e-mail platform.

The picture of the brand new Gmail brand within the works is an uncoloured technical drawing. The report means that Gmail will incorporate the standard blue, inexperienced, yellow, and pink colors into the brand new brand, due to comparable strikes with different Google providers, as a substitute of the pink and white color scheme Gmail at the moment has. As Google normally reveals new logos together with broader service redesigns, it’s doable that Gmail may see some main tweaks within the coming months.

Google Maps additionally received a brand new, simplified brand again in February, and Google Photos in June.

Since Gmail and Google Meet integrated in July, customers can be part of video conferences straight from a devoted Meet tab of their Gmail app. The Meet tab has additionally been built-in on the internet model of Gmail. Gmail has additionally built-in with Google Chat and Rooms.

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