Google Pay could be getting a new icon yet again
Google’sG Suite-to-Google Workspace rebrandingwas followed byicon redesignsfor nearly its entire stock of mobile apps. To match the company’s extra colorful logo, the new set of icons were homogeneously painted red, blue, green, and blue, resulting in greater consistency but also making distinguishing between them much harder. Among these, the one for GPay was swapped for two interlocked U-shaped objects, which Googlesaysdepict a physical wallet (yeah, right). But as discovered by9to5Google, the icon in question could be undergoing a redesign once again – for the better this time.
Internally, the new icon is very aptly referred to as “Wallet” and looks like a blue card holder/wallet packing a trio of cards inside. Compared to the current GPay icon, the new logo is far easier to identify. One look, and you’re able to tell it’s got something to do with payments. There’s still no Google branding like in the original logo, but the signature colors make the association with Google quite obvious.
From left to right: Upcoming “Wallet” icon, current GPay icon, legacy Google Pay icon
Google currently has two versions of its payments app on the Play Store based on where you live. The United States, India, and Singapore get the rebrandedGPay appwith peer-to-peer payment support and more while the rest of the world is stuck with the old, NFC payments onlyGoogle Pay version, complete with its Google-branded logo.
It isn’t clear whether the new logo will come to GPay only or if it will also change the look of the old Google Pay, too. What we do know is that Google’s planning on turning Pay into acomprehensive digital walletthat does more than just hold credit cards and delivers third-party banking services directly to consumers. Given how the company’s earlierPlex initiative has already failed, this shift doesn’t look easy, but the new icon does signal a new start.
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