It is one of the most instantly recognisable symbols of any tech company.
But now, Google has updated its iconic logo for the first time in a decade.
In the new icon, the blocky red, yellow, green, and blue of the original ‘G’ has been replaced with a gentle gradient.
This subtle update brings the search engine’s design more in line with the gradient used by Google’s Gemini AI.
The new icon is now in use for the Google Search app on iOS and Google’s Pixel phones with the Android operating system.
However, Google is yet to roll out the gradient further, and the new design isn’t currently visible on other Android phones or on web browsers.
While some fans said they preferred the new look, many others roasted Google with memes mocking the subtlety of the change.
So, can you spot the difference?
For the first time in a decade, Google has updated its logo. Moving from the older icon with block colours (left) to a new version with a smooth gradient (right)
On social media, commenters mocked the company for how subtle the change has been
One commenter joked that the new logo looked as if they had taken their glasses off
On X, formerly Twitter, social media users joked that the new icon was so similar to the earlier design that it was almost impossible to spot the difference.
Commenters joked that it looked like they had simply ‘taken my glasses off’ and said the designs were identical.
Meanwhile, others took aim at the design process behind the updated look.
One commenter wrote: ‘Imagine how many PMs, designers, meetings, committees, and time was spent on adding a gradient to Google’s new logo.’
Another chimed in: ‘Google app rebrand – Whatever you paid those designers, I would’ve done it for way less.’
While one commenter jokingly asked: ‘How many millions did they spend on this?’
Likewise, some commenters simply found the new icon to be unattractive compared to the simplistic older design.
A commenter wrote: ‘New Google app logo for iOS. What have they done???’
Some commenter mocked the design process behind the subtle change
Another tech fan asked ‘how many millions’ it took to design the new icon
Commenters flooded social media with memes making fun of the newly designed icon
One asked: ‘Are they messing with us?’
Another commenter bluntly added: ‘The old logo is better.’
However, the redesigned icon already has a few fans who prefer the blurred design.
‘The new Google logo is looking good,’ one social media user wrote.
Another chipped in: ‘Gradient looks better!’
While another added: ‘I like the new logo better.’
The last time that Google updated its design was in 2015, when the company updated the full logo to a modern typeface called Product Sans.
This was also the first introduction of the block colour ‘G’ logo, which has been synonymous with the company for the last 10 years.
Another commenter joked that they would have been able to make the logo for ‘way less’ than Google may have paid
The new design did have some fans, who flocked to social media to defend the design choice
One tech fan said they preferred the new logo
At the time, Google said the decision to change the look was due to their rapid development of new products.
In a statement at the time, Google said: ‘As you’ll see, we’ve taken the Google logo and branding, which were originally built for a single desktop browser page, and updated them for a world of seamless computing across an endless number of devices and different kinds of inputs.’
This design is now the one which can be found on Google’s physical signs at company offices and on Google devices like the Pixel 9.
Google has not commented on whether this latest design will be used more widely or if the gradient effect will be applied to other Google apps, such as Gmail.
Google did not respond to MailOnline’s request for comment.
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