
A "Proj-MdRefresh" tag in the Chrome bug tracker lists lots of details related to these changes, including-helpfully-screenshots from an internal-only design document for Chrome. We also see an increasing use of the " Product Sans" font in the redesigns, which makes everything look more Googly given that it's the same font used in Google's logo.įor Chrome, design changes are already starting to land in Chrome Canary, the unstable, daily-build version of Chrome. Round buttons, boxes with rounded corners, and white background are usually among the changes. We're expecting to hear a lot about Material Design 2 at Google I/O 2018, but so far we've seen work-in-progress MD2 changes bring a lighter, rounder design to Google's products. "Material Design" is Google's current company-wide design language, which first debuted in 2014 with Android 5.0 Lollipop. The designer explained that making big changes in the logo makes it difficult to recognise alongside Google's other applications as they also follow a similar colour scheme.Further Reading redesign leaks, looks pretty incredibleWe've been unofficially calling Google's new design effort "Material Design 2," which is how it was first referenced in a Chrome commit from February. Interestingly, Google was also considering trying out a new logo with a golden and blue colour scheme, and with exaggerated separation between elements in the current logo, but those designs did not work out for the company. The designer also mentions that these new logos will start appearing on all devices, including desktops, the mobile versions on both Android and iOS in the coming few months. The logo has been customised for different operating systems, including Windows and macOS.

