With the latest update on Chrome, Google has introduced a new rounded square icon for browsers on MacOS. However, it seems that to better match the design language of another cos Big Sur, Google redesigns another icon while annoying some possible icons for Chrome.
Google Chrome version 87 launched today on Windows and MacOS, bringing a host of new features, but a very immediate significant change was a new milestone for MacOS, partly based on the Big Sur style. Matching the style of the Chrome icon for iOS, the new icon simply puts the standard Google Chrome icon in a round square with a white background.
To make Chrome look and feel better at home on Macros Big Sur, Google is working on a more significant redesign of the browser icon. On Twitter this evening, Alvin Hue, a member of Google Chrome’s design team, shared three possible designs to add a flair to Big Sur’s “pneumorphism.”
The first design is exactly what you might see as a release on today’s Chrome ma 87, mc Cause, while the next two use light and shadow differently to create a sense of light depth. Tweeting is intended as a way to open the floor to community feedback, on which direction is most meaningful.
Elsewhere on Twitter, Alex Ansley, head of Google Chrome, Shared briefly About the delicate balance between keeping each of Chrome’s logos consistently feeling “Chrome-Y,” “Google-Y,” and “OS-Y” on different platforms – meaning it matches the design language of a particular operating operating system.
One of my favorite things about making Google Chrome For ChromeOS, M, C, Windows, Linux, Android and iOS it is that we will do 1) Chrome-Y and 2) Google-Y and 3) OS-Y all at once.
So, in your opinion, which of these three potential icons for Google Chrome best suits the design language of MacOS Big Sur? Let us know in the comments.
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