On macOS, the symbol will look more three-dimensional. It’s interesting to note that Chrome also hit its 100th version in the Canary channel last month and the announcement seems to be an occasion to mark the milestone rather than a simple redesign exercise. On ChromeOS, they use brighter colors without gradients to match the looks of the rest of system icons, tweeted Elvin, the designer at Google Chrome. For Beta and Dev, we applied colorful ribbons to them.

For example, on Windows, the icons take on an obviously gradated look, appearing at home on Windows 10 & 11. We want the icons to feel recognizably Chrome, but also well crafted for each OS. OS-specific customizations for the Chrome logo In all, the change is to make the new logo appear more lively. In addition to these changes, the logo has a larger blue circle in the center. Plus, it has done away with the shadow part and chosen a flatter design that’s in line with the company’s other products. Google has added subtle gradients to the green and red portions of the icon.

we also found that placing certain shades of green and red next to each other created an unpleasant color vibration, so we introduced a very subtle gradient to the main icon to mitigate that, making the icon more accessible. We simplified the main brand icon by removing the shadows, refining the proportions and brightening the colors, to align with Google’s more modern brand expression. The new icons will start to appear across your devices soon. Yes! we’re refreshing Chrome’s brand icons for the first time in 8 years. Some of you might have noticed a new icon in Chrome’s Canary update today.

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