“The goal was to create a cohesive set of icons that are bold in shape and style yet still relatable and a little cheeky where possible,” Twitter stated within the thread. Two tweets from the thread make it straightforward to see what’s modified. This one reveals what they appeared like earlier than and now. The one after reveals a whole bunch of them in one picture.

I wasn’t an enormous fan at first, however I’m beginning to come round. (My favourite is the retweet button.) Twitter will likely be making the brand new icons accessible to everybody on the net, iOS, and Android “over the coming days,” spokesperson Shaokyi Amdo stated in an electronic mail to The Verge. You may have already got them; for me, they appeared on the net final night time and within the iOS app whereas writing this text.

The modifications comply with the corporate’s new visible design language it launched in August 2021, which included the rollout of its Chirp font throughout the app.