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On Friday, Google announced a major redesign of the mobile search experience. Some of those tweaks, like the extended use of the Google Sans font, are now being tested on the desktop search results page.
The first change causes the search field to always rise above the rest of the page. Previously, this lift only occurred when you hovered over it. Google has dropped the slim contour around the pill for a much more visually distinguished element. However, the old layout is still available when you scroll down and find the top bar docked.
A smaller setting is for the search filters below. The blue underline used to mark the current category has been reduced slightly in a change to coincide with the mobile redesign.
That brings us to the biggest change: Google Sans. The company’s unique font is now leveraged for page names and search controls such as the filter bar. It was previously only used for a few section headings, and this expanded adoption is particularly notable. That said, Roboto is still there for site descriptions and other longer snippets of text.
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These two big changes are not widely implemented, but in my case, they have been available persistently over the course of several days in a way that is not normally associated with A / B testing. It also starts to appear when closing session in incognito mode.
In general, the most prominent search bar and font coincide with a larger change that Google.com has been making very slowly. It features a color-themed left navigation drawer that lists subtopics related to the original query to help you dig deeper. It is currently restricted to inquiries related to COVID-19. It has not yet been implemented for people or media content.
Another change Google has made in A / B testing is a dark desktop theme to match Android and iOS apps.
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