Gmail changes its design

The world's biggest search giant Google has given a new look to its mailing service.

The Gmail redesign, news of which leaked a couple weeks ago, is rolling out now, according to the Official Gmail Blog.

Over the next few days, a "Switch to the new look" link will appear in the bottom-right corner of Gmail, enabling all users to get the redesign soon after, PC World reported.

Gmail now takes on a similar look to Google+ and other products that have received the redesign treatment. Buttons are a light gray with sharp edges, and a big red "Compose Mail" button adds a tough of color to the interface. If you were using the "Preview" or "Preview (Dense)" themes in Gmail already, the new design should look familiar. But now, you can control the density of information by clicking the gear icon near the top-right side of the screen.

Labels and chat contacts now stay in view at all times. You can also customize the left navigation panel to show more more labels and less chat contacts, or vice versa.

Gmail no longer assigns arbitrary colors to the names of each person in a conversation. Instead, each message includes profile picture. For every previously-read message, the sender and a snippet of text are now separated onto two lines, instead of being mashed into one.