It reflects how light blue is the predominant color in the new sparkle, and stands out more. We’re seeing this Gemini blue greeting change with the latest Google app beta (version 16.26) on Android.

"I viscerly [sic] dislike the Facebook blue that the Messenger app got changed to! Like I want to take the time to learn to code it back to purple. It just looks ugly and basic now smh," a third said.