Have you noticed that Google has changed its favicon to new design recently? However, if you are using Firefox browser, you may not notice about this change as the favicon shown in Firefox is still in the old design. To change Google’s favicon to new design, you can follow below steps.

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1. Click here to open the latest version of Google’s search plug-in.

2. Go to File -> Save Page As to save the latest plug-in as Google.xml in C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\searchplugins. Click Yes to replace the existing Google.xml.

3. Go to Tool -> Clear Private Data, ensure Cache checkbox is ticked and click Clear Private Data Now button to clear the cache.

4. Restart Firefox browser and go to Google homepage. You will notice the latest design of Google favicon is displayed at Firefox search bar and location bar.