Changing your app icons on Android is easy, but it can be non-intuitive at times. Before getting started, we recommend choosing a trustworthy third-party launcher if you want to maximize the Android ...

Manuel Vonau was Android Police's Google Editor until April 2024, with expertise in Android, Chrome, Pixels, and other Google products. For five years, he covered tech news and reviewed devices after ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Google debuted the ability to have themed icons on the homescreen in Android 12, designed to help go all-in on Material You theming. Now, in Android 13, third-party apps can get in on the fun of ...

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, ...

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 ...