Google+ Help pane gets a Material Design refresh

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The desktop web Google+ quick help menu has been given a visual overhaul following Google's own Material Design guidelines.

The Help pane floats over the top of the Google service you're using, and provides a quick, convenient way to (hopefully) bring up relevant Help Centre articles and essentially get the answer you're looking for. This has been around for a couple of years but the look and feel has remained the same until recently, when visually refreshed versions incorporating Material Design started rolling out across a couple of Google products, and Google+ is the latest one to get the good stuff.

Old Help
New Help
As you can see in our screenshots, the new design doesn't just look pleasing to the eye, but provides a list of popular articles and serves up links to the Google+ Help community too.

To check the update out for yourself, bring up the navigation menu (hover your cursor over "Home") and you'll see a small "Help" link underneath Settings. Click that and you'll have access to the Google+ Help Centre from the comfort of your Home stream.

Does that mean we're one step closer to getting a Material Design makeover for the desktop site? Not sure, but I hope so!