Google moved away from its usual colorful company logo, and adopted a muted gray one to pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth II, the longest reigning English Monarch.
Queen Elizabeth passed away today, September 8, at the age of 96. Thus, to mourn the passing of the Queen, the search engine changed its color to faded gray on its home page.
Google Pays Tribute to the Queen
When you visit Google and hover your mouse over the logo, the words "Queen Elizabeth II 1926 - 2022" will appear.
Google is not the only one who is mourning the passing away of Queen Elizabeth II. Other newspaper websites have also adopted black or grayscale tone in their recent publications to pay tribute to the Queen, as WalesOnline.
Condolences to the royal family, and the people of the UK have been pouring from all over the world, and Google choose a "subtle" way of paying tribute to Queen Elizabeth II.
Meanwhile, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai expressed his own condolences to Her Majesty on Twitter.
"Sending our deepest condolences to the people of the UK and around the world mourning the passing of Queen Elizabeth II. Her steadfast leadership and public service have been a constant through many of our lifetimes. She will be missed," Pichai tweeted.
According to 9to5Google, this is not the first time that the traditional colorful Google homepage logo has been turned to grayscale. On several occasions in the past, the company also paid subtle tributes.
One example is Memorial Day, when the company pay tribute to those who passed away already. Since it is a sad news, Google does not include animated elements or other changes.
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World Leaders Mourn the Passing of Her Majesty
The Google logo has now completely turned gray across devices, even on the Discover feed viewable on selected Android smartphones.
9to5Google believes that Google will have a bigger tribute to Queen Elizabeth II. This, according to the new site, will likely arrive in "traditional Google Doodle."
As of writing, it is unknown how long the gray Google logo will appear. However, most likely, it is going to be a temporary change in most regions.
Meanwhile, world leaders across the world also paid tribute to the Queen. One of those who expressed his condolences to the royal family is Chinese President Xi Jinping.
President Xi Jinping said that Queen was the first UK monarch to visit China in 1986, and stated that "Her death is a great loss to the British people."
Likewise, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern mourned the passing of the Queen, saying "The last days of the Queen's life captures who she was in so many ways - working until the very end on behalf of the people she loved."
To express his condolences, US President Joe Biden signed the condolence book at the British Embassy in Washington, as per WalesOnline.
Another leader, French President Emmanuel Macron also paid tribute to the Queen, hailing her "immutable moral authority."
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said everyone in the city-state is mourning the passing of the Queen.
Meanwhile, to pay tribute to the Her Majesty, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro decreed "three days of mourning."
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