Google Begins Rolling Out Redesigned Workspace App Icons

Google is rolling out redesigned icons for its Workspace apps. The new designs feature soft color gradients, rounded corners, and updated shapes. Users who receive the update see icons that fade from lighter to darker shades instead of maintaining a single flat tone. This approach matches the style of the redesigned Google logo introduced a year ago.

Some apps switched from rainbow designs to single colors.

Google Chat, Meet, and Calendar now use one color each, which may make the icons easier or harder to distinguish. Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides kept their original colors and general appearance. The Sheets and Slides icons were rotated to landscape orientation, matching how most users interact with those apps.

Google Drive received a larger update that includes rounded corners and removes a red accent from the bottom right. Google Keep changed from a light bulb on a yellow rectangle to a simple yellow light bulb without borders.

The Verge reported that the icons began appearing widely on the morning of May 18, 2026. The rollout comes one day before Google I/O, where the company may announce additional visual updates. Some users have noted the changes require adjustment, particularly for apps with altered shapes.