Is Google.com getting a redesign?

Google has been known to continually improve upon the look and feel of their search site, but I just came across some changes that are a bit more substantial than a traditional Google refresh or improvement. This "redesign" includes a blue search button, eliminating the Google Search and I'm Feeling Lucky buttons and more changes on the results page.

The homepage now includes a voice search feature that will automatically use a built-in microphone or one attached to a webcam (thanks to HTML5).

They also seem to be trying a completely new color scheme in the left rail of the search results page, as well as a gray bar across the top.

Another example of a results page with different types of content.

And the line height on some pages just looks plain silly.

There's a good chance many of these changes will never go live. A couple years ago, Facebook redesigned and tested their signup process but it didn't last long.

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The buttons (besides the submit button) are apart of HTML5's new features. Based on the screen shots, you're using Google Chrome.

<input type="search"> Will add the "x" button to the end and <input> adds speech. :)

Thanks Brandon. I clearly need to brush up on my HTML5 knowledge!

Not a problem ;)
at home i have google like this for about 2 weeks or so....
I like Google's new design
Yea, google has changed its design. I like it.

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