Google is redesigning the look of mobile search results, the company announced on a blog on Friday. “We wanted to take a step back to simplify things a little so that people could find what they are looking for more quickly and easily,” said Aileen Cheng, who led the redesign, on the blog.
The new design will have larger, bolder text that should be easier to scan quickly and you will see more of the Google font in the results. The search results will also take up more of the screen’s width, thanks in part to reduced shadows. Google also says that the redesign will use colors “more intentionally” to help highlight important information without distracting it.
To get an idea of how the redesign differs from the current experience, compare this rendering of the redesign with a screenshot of the current search experience I took from my iPhone 12 mini.
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Image: Google
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Screenshot of Jay Peters / The Verge
It looks like the new design puts more information at the top of the page and reduces visual clutter, which will make the results easier to analyze, without forcing you to scroll too far down to find what you’re looking for.
Google says the redesign will be launched in the next few days.