Google could launch new icons for its Android apps
Renew or die is a motto that in today's world of technology seems more ingrained than ever. And it is that one of the most valued characteristics either when using a smartphone, a application or a service is its visual aspect. Something that changes from time to time following the aesthetic lines of the moment, the fashions or a unique style that differentiates it from everything else.Issues in which Google has always taken special interest, creating its own style guide that could be renewed soon
Or that is what emerges from an image leaked to the specialized media Android Police, where they have analyzed the style changes thatGoogle could include in its own applications Most striking artistic modifications that permeate the terminalsAndroid with an even more attractive design and in keeping with the styles that are currently being seen in other operating systems such as iOS 7 , services and designs. A renewal of the icons of its services that could well be accompanied by a new style as seen in the latest Gmail and Google Calendar leaks
At the moment the information only acquires the category of rumor, and it is difficult to specify what version or status have the icons filtered, and it could be an internal test or an experimental redesign that could still undergo changes before being reflected in the current terminals.However, it would show the interest of Google in giving its icons a facelift or, at least, trying to unify them between mobile platforms and their versions to Web.
And it is that, in Android Police they have been in charge of analyzing these new designs in detail, finding undeniable references to the web versions of the services they represent, with which they are more closely related than the current icons seen on mobile phones. In addition, they have followed the style guide that Google offers developers to create the perfect icons that fit Android , between whose lines it is specified that it must be an icon with flat shadows, without textures and other details that, however, do not seem to be respected in the filtered image. Another point to take these possible new designs with tweezers.
Thus, the icons shown in the image, which refer to services such as Google Play, Google Play Music, Google Calendar, Hangouts, Gmail, Google Maps and others, use two-dimensional elements that offer a sensation of volume, as well as shadows and gradients and some lines that bet on the circle rather than for the lines Details that significantly modify its appearance but respecting the style and color of Google so as not to lose its identity at any time.
All these visual changes that are beginning to escape Google, between icons and internal designs, suggest that a new version ofAndroid could be coming sooner rather than later. Of course, you always have to think that the changes can be experiments and issues of an internal nature to the company, so it should not be taken literally.All that remains is to wait for an official confirmation or, perhaps, until the Google I/O fair for developers this summer.
