Google is rolling out its redesigned Workspace app icons

# Google is rolling out its redesigned Workspace app icons Source: [https://www.theverge.com/tech/932417/google-gmail-docs-cal-sheets-workspace-icon-redesign](https://www.theverge.com/tech/932417/google-gmail-docs-cal-sheets-workspace-icon-redesign) [](https://www.theverge.com/authors/stevie-bonifield) Stevie Bonifield is a news writer covering all things consumer tech\. Stevie started out at Laptop Mag writing news and reviews on hardware, gaming, and AI\. It’s not just you — the Google Workspace apps are getting a new look\. The redesigned app icons,[leaked last month](https://www.theverge.com/tech/918852/googles-new-gradient-icon-design-is-coming-to-more-apps), are now rolling out widely, as we started noticing this morning\. Users with the redesigned icons will notice they now have a gradient look that fades from lighter to darker shades, rather than being the same flat tone throughout, similar to the redesigned Google logo[that launched a year ago](https://www.theverge.com/news/664958/google-g-logo-gradient-design-change)\. [](https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/05/google-workspace-icons-redesign-side-by-side-divider.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0,0,100,100) Image: The Verge Some of the icons switched from a rainbow design to a single color, like Google Chat, Meet, and Calendar, which could help all of the icons stand out a bit more from one another — or make them harder to recognize\. Others haven’t changed as much, as*[9to5Google](https://9to5google.com/2026/05/18/gradient-google-icon-redesign-web/)*notes, like Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides, which have the same colors and general approach\. As[one Reddit user](https://www.reddit.com/r/googleworkspace/comments/1tginbn/comment/omgl7sj/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button)pointed out, though, the Sheets and Slides icons were switched to landscape mode, which is also how most people use both of those apps\. [](https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/05/Google-gradient-icon-redeisgn-cover-9to5google.webp?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0,0,100,100) The Google Drive icon also got a significant overhaul with rounded corners \(and it lost the spot of red it had in the bottom right corner\)\. A few also lost the borders around them, like Google Keep, which is now just a yellow light bulb, rather than a bulb on a yellow rectangle\. As someone who frequently uses Keep, it’s going to take me a while to get used to spotting a totally different icon shape, although I like the overall look of the new one\. I also appreciate the cleaner look of the Gmail icon, although it hasn’t changed too much compared to the old version\. The new icons are arriving right before[Google I/O kicks off on Tuesday,](https://www.theverge.com/tech/880401/google-io-2026-dates-ai)where Google could announce even more visual changes to its ecosystem\. **Follow topics and authors**from this story to see more like this in your personalized homepage feed and to receive email updates\. - Stevie Bonifield