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Google Messages icon gets a gradient redesign in beta update
9to5Google • • general
Key Points:
- Google Messages is receiving a new app icon featuring a gradient design in its latest beta update, aligning with Google's recent design trend.
- This update follows Google's broader shift to gradient icons across various apps, initiated with Workspace apps and extended to Wallet, Pixel Buds, and others.
- The new Messages icon retains the core design elements but incorporates a purple gradient glow and repositions the darker blue to the background, resembling Google Chat's gradient style.
- Currently available only in the beta version (messages.android_20261030_00_RC00.phone.openbeta_dynamic), the gradient icon is expected to roll out to the stable release soon.
