Redesigned social buttons rolling out to Google+ for Android

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A new look for the Google+ social buttons is slowly rolling out to users of the Android app.

The freshly redesigned buttons for +1, Comment and Share now have a circular motif, following a trend that the design team for Google+ has been rocking for a while (seriously, they love circles). In addition to the aesthetic change, the +1 count of a post will no longer be reflected on the +1 button itself, but next to it instead (check out the screenshot for an example).

The new buttons have been slowly but surely rolling out to users just over a week now, and we've already seen the same design on the just-updated mobile web view for Google+ yesterday.
Circle is the new square
The update won't arrive traditionally via the Play Store, but is rolling out server-side, meaning you'll see the changes automatically when they roll out to you. So if you aren't seeing them just yet, be patient and sit tight!

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