Google Chrome has a NEW logo – and it’s got a big secret if you look closely

YOU may or may not have noticed that Google Chrome has a new logo.

Well, not unless you look super closely.

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In the latest version of the web browser, the tech giant decided to quite literally flatten things down a bit.

It’s the first logo redesign in eight years.

And while most of us might not even notice the difference, it wasn’t just done for the fun of it.

First of all, Google has completely done away with subtle inner shadows, making the logo completely flat – which is a long way from the original logo in 2008 that was glossy and 3D.

Beyond that, the colours have actually changed as well, believe it or not.

As designer Elvin Hu explained, the team found that placing certain shades of green and red next to each other created an “unpleasant colour vibration”.

“So we introduced a very subtle gradient to the main icon to mitigate that, making the icon more accessible,” he said on Twitter.

That’s not all – the firm has also made the Chrome logo slightly different depending on the platform you’re using.

So, for example, the PC version has gone entirely flat, while the macOS one is slightly raised, in keeping with the wider designs of each.

The changes were introduced as part of Chrome 100, the web browser’s 100th main update.

When the new look was first revealed, many mocked it on social media.

“OMG Google has single handically undisputely without a shrivel of doubt BROKEN THE INTERNET in its groundbreaking next generation design this will be studied for centuries to come as never in HUMAN HISTORY has such a masterful design been created by human kind in its 200,000years (sic),” one user joked.

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