Gmail is turning its stars and importance markers blue, and users aren’t happy

Credit: Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR Google replaced Gmail’s default yellow stars and yellow importance chevrons with high-contrast, saturated blue markers to improve accessibility. However, users complain that the identical blue tones flatten the visual hierarchy, make email scanning harder, and add visual clutter. While there’s no way to revert the changes, you can manually select a yellow star preset (and re-star items) or hide importance chevrons entirely in Settings.