They have had the same familiar look and feel for the majority of their products and services for a quarter of a century. Now Microsoft has changed things up ahead of their Windows 8 release. The bottom line to the new looks for their product logos: simple.

They have take a page our of both Apple and Google’s playbook and simplified their logos, making them cleaner and singular in form and focus. This short video breaks down the changes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzkZWvAJUr0