Developers must now agree to let their Android app icons be themed or they won't be allowed to distribute on the Google Play ...

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For Android app developers that have been slow to adopt Google’s push for themed app icons, there’s no longer a choice.

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Starting with Android 16 QPR2, Google will enforce universal auto-themed icons with a monochrome filter across all apps.

Ever since Android 16 QPR1 Beta 1 was released a little over a week ago, the number of new features and changes we’ve discovered has almost been overwhelming. Material 3 Expressive is the star of the ...

Themed icons debuted in Android 12 and expanded to third-party apps with Android 13. Now, as Android 14 rolls out more widely, Meta is finally giving in and bringing themed icons to Instagram, ...

For users of stock Android, particularly those on Android 13 and 14, changing the icon size is relatively straightforward. If your device does not have built-in options to change icon sizes, or if you ...

Spotify is rolling out an update on Android that ditches the border on its app icon, bringing back a “normal” icon five years after it was changed before quickly reverting the change. For a long time, ...

The most notable user-facing change in Android 16 QPR2 Beta 2 is the ability to use custom app icon shapes. Besides a circle, ...