Did Google update the length of characters allowed in Meta Description?

[ColeLusby]

Hey all,

I do SEO. I'm currently working with another SEO firm on a project.

The lady mentioned to me that Google recently updated (couple months ago) and changed their font causing them to lower the meta description to 55 characters.

Is this true? I have not heard of this.

Could she be confusing the meta description with the title tag?

I didn't know Google could have even update the Title tag too.

[OlegKorneitchouk]

Yes, she is talking about the title tag, not meta description. And I believe she is referring to this - read the full article here

As you can see from the image, the title is cut shorter in the new version.

[VWE]

There's also an article about it right here on the Moz blog, which includes a title tag preview tool:

New Title Tag Guidelines & Preview Tool
http://moz.com/blog/new-title-tag-guidelines-preview-tool