Has Google Finally Found Its Mobile Design Chops?

Google has never been a hotbed of cool design. Services like Gmail and Google Docs have always been very functional, but few people would describe them as good looking. Google's first mobile efforts were also hit and miss. The first iterations of Android were pretty basic and the company's first dedicated mobile apps - assuming they worked - weren't much to look at, either. All of that seems to be changing, though. The latest group of apps to come out of Google, including the latest version of Currents, the new YouTube app, Google+ for mobile, Gmail for iOS and, of course, the spectacular Google Maps for iOS, show that the company is finally taking design very seriously.

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