The new Google Docs and Drive UI starts rolling out today

Google has began to roll out an up to date UI for Google Drive, Docs, Sheets, and Slides that’s meant to slot in with its Materials Design 3 language. The apps nonetheless work the identical method they used to, however Google writes in an announcement post that they need to now be a bit extra “simplified,” with much less muddle and some enhancements and additions.

Writing concerning the replace when it was introduced in February, my colleague Jay Peters famous that it’s just like Gmail’s new look, which is sensible provided that Google says it’s making an attempt to “streamline core collaboration journeys throughout our merchandise.”

I’ll level you toward Jay’s article for a bit extra information on the brand new design, however the vital information for at the moment is that it’s going to begin displaying up within the wild. So if you happen to’ve seen that one thing seems to be a bit completely different whilst you’re writing or engaged on a spreadsheet, that could be why.

Google says that it’ll be rolling out over the subsequent 15 days for customers on fast launch domains and that everybody ought to have it by March twenty fifth. The corporate says it’ll be coming to all Workspace and private customers in addition to people who find themselves nonetheless on its legacy G Suite Fundamental and Enterprise plans.