The single interface is the biggest redesign in Google history.

In his presentation at UX Week 2011, the chief designer of Google search, John Wiley, spoke about the new unified interface of Google services. According to Wiley, it was the result of the biggest redesign in the history of Google. Interestingly, this interface has nothing to do with Google+. It is associated with Google+ because the social network was the first Google service to use it.



Larry Page decided that Google needed a more beautiful interface right away when he headed the company in the spring. Google Creative Labs, which created Google's Super Bowl ad, and many of the Chrome ads, developed a new interface, and the designers at Google were very surprised that they were finally allowed to create something bold.

Although Larry Page was very pleased with the result, many Google employees didn’t like the redesign at first (especially the new Gmail interface), but they changed their minds in a few days. This is quite a big and important change for Google, and it was really amazing to know that it was Larry Page's idea.
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In some of the screenshots shown by John Wiley, you can see a lot of design changes that are not yet visible to everyone:







So, the distribution button and the notification button look new. Changed and the location of some menus.

Even more noticeably, the navigation bar has disappeared and is replaced by a small arrow next to the Google logo, which will probably allow you to choose different services. It is possible that the interface is updated gradually, and the black navigation bar was just a temporary solution.

via Google Operating System Blog ( 1 , 2 )