Overview
- 9to5Google reports that sourced images reveal new gradient-style icons for Google Maps and Google Photos.
- The Maps icon reportedly keeps the pin but appears thinner with a larger inner circle and no diagonal blue partitions.
- The Photos icon reportedly retains its pinwheel shape with a center‑out gradient, and the center looks transparent when viewed at large size.
- Google has said its brighter gradients and four colors are meant to signal AI-driven innovation, and the gradient G now represents the whole company.
- No rollout timing has been announced, though coverage links the visual refresh to existing AI features such as Gemini in Maps place listings and tools in Photos.