Despite still having the same colors and similar shapes, there has been a recent change to the Google Chrome icon. Look

Google is a company that is certainly interested in maintaining its visual identity, because whenever it can, it avoids very sudden changes. And that’s what happened recently, with the first change to the Google Chrome icon in eight years.

However, the change that was announced on Twitter by Elvin Hu, one of the Chrome designers, went unnoticed by many people. Even in Elvin’s post, the designer himself jokes about the fact that there was a change, but no one noticed.

Who can see the new Google Chrome icon?

In the announcement, Elvin highlights that the change is now available to preview, however, only for Chrome Canary users. This is a platform on which Google developers track and announce news. Anyone interested in learning about Google’s experimental details can access Chrome Canary. Thus, these users end up being the ones who approve or disapprove of platform updates.

What really changed in the icon?

If you were also one of those who could not identify that there were changes to the Google Chrome icon, the designer explains. According to Elvin, the icon has been simplified and refined, so shadows have been removed and proportions adjusted.

Furthermore, the designer also reported that an extra glow has been added to the icon’s colors, which in turn remain the same. Another change that would happen would be the white lines that separate the colors, which would be thicker.

However, this change was not approved by all designers, as it would introduce more negative space to the icon. Also, the icon size would be small, making it more difficult to recognize. Anyway, the first change since 2014 ended up being noticed and talked about, but we hope it won’t take another eight for a new change.