【AI前沿】Google is rolling out its redesigned Workspace app icons

TechDesignNewsGoogle is rolling out its redesigned Workspace app iconsThe new designs feature soft color gradients, rounded corners, and overhauled icon shapes.The new designs feature soft color gradients, rounded corners, and overhauled icon shapes.byStevie BonifieldMay 18, 2026, 4:29 PM UTCLinkShareGiftImage: The VergeStevie Bonifieldis a news writer covering all things consumer tech. Stevie started out at Laptop Mag writing news and reviews on hardware, gaming, and AI.It’s not just you — the Google Workspace apps are getting a new look. The redesigned app icons,leaked last month, are now rolling out widely, as we started noticing this morning. Users with the redesigned icons will notice they now have a gradient look that fades from lighter to darker shades, rather than being the same flat tone throughout, similar to the redesigned Google logothat launched a year ago.Image: The VergeSome of the icons switched from a rainbow design to a single color, like Google Chat, Meet, and Calendar, which could help all of the icons stand out a bit more from one another — or make them harder to recognize. Others haven’t changed as much, as9to5Googlenotes, like Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides, which have the same colors and general approach. Asone Reddit userpointed out, though, the Sheets and Slides icons were switched to landscape mode, which is also how most people use both of those apps.Image:9to5GoogleThe Google Drive icon also got a significant overhaul with rounded corners (and it lost the spot of red it had in the bottom right corner). A few also lost the borders around them, like Google Keep, which is now just a yellow light bulb, rather than a bulb on a yellow rectangle. As someone who frequently uses Keep, it’s going to take me a while to get used to spotting a totally different icon shape, although I like the overall look of the new one. I also appreciate the cleaner look of the Gmail icon, although it hasn’t changed too much compared to the old version.The new icons are arriving right beforeGoogle I/O kicks off on Tuesday,where Google could announce even more visual changes to its ecosystem.Follow topics and authorsfrom this story to see more like this in your personalized homepage feed and to receive email updates.Stevie BonifieldAppsDesignGoogleNewsTechMost PopularMost PopularBad, Bad, Bad, Bad RoommateDisco Elysium’s spiritual successor can’t escape its phantomsElon Musk loses his case against Sam AltmanMicrosoft is retiring Teams’ Together ModeMusk v. Altman proved that AI is led by the wrong peopleThe Verge DailyA free daily digest of the news that matters most.Email (required)Sign UpBy submitting your email, you agree to ourTermsandPrivacy Notice.This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the GooglePrivacy PolicyandTerms of Serviceapply.Advertiser Content FromThis is the title for the native ad