Google is brightening up your Gmail avatar with new illustrations

Google has created new pictures designed for use in your Google profile image, the company announced Monday. The new pictures, referred to as Google Illustrations, look fairly good, they usually is also helpful for individuals who need to affiliate a picture with their account however don’t need to use a photograph of themselves.

Google seems to have all kinds of choices, a few of which you’ll see within the picture on the high of this submit. And you may see extra within the beneath GIF, which reveals totally different classes of pictures comparable to animals, know-how, and area.

The new library of illustrations signifies that Google is taking a distinct strategy from avatars like Snap’s Bitmoji or Microsoft’s Xbox avatars, which may allow you to make stylized representations of what you seem like. Google’s new illustrations as a substitute offer you all kinds of generic issues and locations to make use of in your avatar.

Right now, nevertheless, the illustrations are solely obtainable to Android customers, in response to Google. If you’re on Android, you may set one as your profile pic in Google Workspace and Contacts on Android — comply with the steps on this GIF from Google if you wish to try this.

Google says it’s “working on” bringing the brand new illustrations to iOS and net and to extra merchandise. The firm says it’s additionally going to develop the gathering of illustrations obtainable, so should you don’t see one you want now, test again when Google has added extra.