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

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

Google released Android 13 in H2 2022. Among other changes, it shipped with themed app icons support, allowing apps to change their color to match the phone's wallpaper for a more consistent look.

Android 16 QPR2 Beta 1 offers improved support for themed app icons. For apps that don’t natively offer a monochrome icon, QPR2 lets the system automatically generate one for theming purposes. A new ...

After introducing on iOS earlier this week, the Google app for Android is now widely getting the new ‘G’ icon with an update today. Instead of four distinct sections for the G, red now bleeds into ...

Change isn't always easy to adjust to, but it's inevitable. In Google's case, the change certainly did happen, just not all at once. If you don't know what I'm talking about, it's the fact that, for ...

We may earn a commission when you click links to retailers and purchase goods. More info. As a part of the new Android 16 QPR2 Beta 1 that dropped this week, Google said they were adding an ...