Overview
- The company announced the visual refresh on Tuesday and has begun rolling the new icons to users in beta and staged Play Store updates.
- Google Messages’ updated icon is already visible in the v20261030 beta and has appeared on Wear OS in the same test build.
- The redesign keeps existing shapes and app functions but adds subtle gradients, cleaner edges, and a shift toward a pinkish-blue tone to match Google’s broader design language.
- Phone and Contacts updates are starting to roll out and Google says the changes will reach more devices over the coming weeks without a fixed schedule.
- Beta testers and Pixel owners are likely to see the new icons first and the update will also appear on web endpoints such as contacts.google.com and messages.google.com/web, unifying the look across devices.