Google appears to have begun rolling out its first change to its "G" icon in nearly 10 years on May 12. The icon was changed from having four solid color blocks in the letter to a gradient between ...

The new Google 'G' icon has already started showing up in the wild. It is currently present in the Google Search app on iOS (spotted by 9To5Google), appearing there after an update yesterday.

This is Google’s official explanation for the change: “Updated the favicon guidelines to state that favicons must have a 1:1 aspect ratio and be at least 8x8px in size, with a strong ...

Meanwhile, the Google app has updated the Search bar homescreen widget with the new icon. This also applies to the Dynamic Color option, or what the customization screen calls “Device.” (The ...