Google Chat is getting a new look to match Docs, Sheets, and Gmail

As you may see within the beneath GIF, you’ll discover some small tweaks to the complete interface, together with rounded buttons (and a rounded search bar), together with some blue accents all through. There have additionally been some minor adjustments to the primary message view, compose setup, new subject button, and the thread panel inside direct messages and areas.

Earlier this week, Google additionally introduced a brand new Chat function that lets House Managers create announcement-only channels, type of like what you are able to do in Slack. This looks like a helpful strategy to preserve all of the members of a crew on the identical web page, as having a devoted bulletins area means you gained’t need to go digging by means of a bunch of conversations simply to seek out an necessary replace.

That stated, the design replace doesn’t convey any unpredictable adjustments, however whenever you discover that Google Chat appears to be like barely completely different because the redesign rolls out throughout the subsequent few weeks, a minimum of you’ll know why.