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Android will finally fix your messy home screen by forcing apps to use themed icons

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 ...
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Android will soon be able to theme every app icon, and Google Play won't let developers opt out

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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Spotify for Android finally fixed its app icon after five years, then rolled it back [U]

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, ...
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Android 16’s redesigned battery icons leak in line with Material 3 Expressive

Google is working on a new design language for Android 16, and a new leak showcases how the updated battery icons in the update will work. While the Android 16 we know today in beta doesn’t feel all ...