Android Central: Let's talk about the weird new Google search bar

jeudi 3 septembre 2015

Let's talk about the weird new Google search bar

There's nothing wrong with Google's revamped logo. But the bizarre new technicolor search bar needs to die.

When a company like Google (or in recent days Verizon) makes a major branding change, a lot of ink gets spilled. That's what's happened this past week as the new Google, under freshly-minted CEO Sundar Pichai, showed off its new logotype to the world. Flatter, serif-free and colorful as ever, the new Google logo represents the friendly face the Internet giant wants to show to the world. Some like it, some don't. Personally, I'm in the former camp.

Over on Android, many of Google's apps have already been updated with the new logo, including the main Google app itself, which handles Google Search, Google Now and the Google Now Launcher. And Google Now has been overhauled as part of this latest update, with new card layouts and a refreshed design.

But... There's one overwhelmingly negative change, and it's one that'll affect just about every Android phone going forward. We're talking, of course, about this: