After introducing a requirement for rounded square icons in March, Google now allows developers to use the new icon specification. Google introduced the requirement to “bring consistency and a cleaner ...

In practice, this places existing icons of any shape into a white rounded square. This new look is most evident on the Play Store’s Home tab where old icons in legacy, like Instagram ...

Back in March, Google introduced a new rounded square icon requirement for the Google Play Store on Android and Chrome OS. App developers can choose to enable the new ...

A 'blandroid' if you will; Google has just switched on the mandatory addition of rounded square icon options to its app marketplace in preparation for a full switch in June.

This includes a circle and a rounded square, which are pretty standard options you’d expect to find. None of the icon shapes ...

As time has passed, we've seen Google slowly become more serious about a cohesive design language when it comes to Android, Chrome OS, and the Play Store. Taking one more step along that road, the ...

The rounded icons on Samsung phones appeared on Android Auto shortly after the announcement, and despite not everybody liking it, the feature was an efficient way to create more consistency in the ...

An update to the Play Store began rolling out yesterday with a new round launcher icon for the Pixel Launcher and an app shortcut (formerly known as launcher shortcuts) for Android 7.1.

The Pixel Launcher is adding an icon shape customization feature in a future Android release. The feature isn’t live yet in Android 16 Beta 3, but we managed to enable it to show what the ...