The latest Android 16 QPR2 Beta 2 for Pixel devices introduces a long-awaited custom icon shapes feature, allowing users to personalize their home screen. The update also includes significant ...

Google is making support for its Themed Icons feature mandatory by automatically generating themed icons for apps that don’t already provide one. This change addresses inconsistent home screens, as ...

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Google is now rolling out Android 16 QPR2 Beta 2 to Pixel devices, which brings a long-awaited customization feature to the OS. This new beta build finally adds icon shape customization options, ...

Last month brought our first look at Android 16 QPR2, with Google delivering its first beta just hours after the Pixel 10 launch event. Alongside other changes, the company is tweaking its monochrome ...

An ongoing Android Auto bug has surfaced again, with the issue causing icons and entire apps to be oversized with a zoomed-in look. For the past few months, a bug has been popping up on occasion for ...

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Google is tightening up Android’s visual consistency by making themed app icons mandatory. Themed icons first appeared in Android 13, but adoption has been spotty, with major apps like TikTok still ...

Google will be forcing developers to modify their app icons soon, in an effort to make every app on Android themeable. Which is something that Google should have did years ago, when Material You was ...

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