This morning, Google is rolling out a new top bar navigation style worldwide. They have not yet announced it, but they have been testing various experiments with it. It seems very likely that Google will roll out this new navigation to all Google users over the next few days.

The picture above shows Google has dropped the black bar navigation and replaced it with a minimalistic white top, with fewer links but a box like button, which expands to show you additional Google services.

Here is a picture of the black bar top navigation:

Google has not yet confirmed this is legit, they did comment in a Google Web Search Help. Jessica Schwartz (no relation) from Google saying:

I am extremely confident that this is indeed not an experiment but rather this is being rolled out over the next few days to more and more users.

So what do you think of the new top bar? I like it.

Google has changed their top bar many many times, here are some stories covering the history of those top bars:

Google Tests Boxy Navigation Bar
Goodbye Black Google Bar, Welcome Google Drop Down Menu
Google’s Top Down Navigation Design Going Global
Google Changes Navigation Bar Again
Google Tests Black Bar
Google Testing Another Top Bar Navigation Look
Google Testing New Alternative Search Navigation Links

Added, here is a full size screen shot, with the navigation boxed open (click it to enlarge):

Forum discussion at Google Web Search Help and Google+.

Screenshot credit to +Max Minzer