All of a sudden, this little green robot started appearing in every app on the screen, someone familiar with the early days of Android told us. Business Insider Subscribe Newsletters ...

Google is refreshing the way the Android robot logo and wordmark look, as reported by 9to5Google. The robot logo is getting a 3D head, and the Android wordmark is getting a capital A.

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While the app icons have followed the flat design trend, the Android robot has been transformed into a 3D representation. This logo redesign appears to indicate more than just a grammatical shift.

The little green robot was initially aimed at developers — the intended audience for Android before it became such a big consumer product. "It was more about how do you take the Android and make ...