Google debuted a new look for its mobile homepage Wednesday, unveiling a hidden sidebar.

Now, when users tap the three-line menu button in the upper-left corner, a sidebar with popular Google products emerges. In order of appearance, there are Images, Maps, YouTube, News, Gmail, Documents, Calendar, Translate, Books, Blogger, Reader, Finance, Photos and Video. At the very bottom, a button for "all products" lists a larger range of Google products.

Those who have Google+ will also see notifications from the social network, as well as the share button.

The new homepage helps users "get to other Google products faster," the Internet company tweeted.

Get to other Google products faster from google.com on mobile by tapping the menu button on the top left goo.gl/lnlaS — A Googler (@google) October 11, 2012



Google announced the redesign in a post on its Google+ page. So far, response to the update has been positive.

"Much better," writes commenter Joshua Kiley. "This unified look across Google products makes them easier to use, since you don't have to relearn the interface with each new product."

Many other comments lamented the lack of the hidden sidebar on Google's web homepage. It currently has a black bar listing products at the top of the site.

"Remember how nice it was when the web version had this? Then we went back to the ugly black bar," writes Brian Polito.

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