Everyone loves personalizing the home screen of their Android phone to make it useful and eye-catching in equal measure. Some people make do with simple wallpapers of pictures that either look ...

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 Maps’ new icon is now present in the app’s latest beta build. The icon retains the four core colors used by Google apps, but uses severe blur to blend them together. There are other minor ...

Use a Square Image with a Transparent Background: For optimal results, use a square image with a transparent background. You can find such images online or create them using photo editing tools.

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 ...

Whether you're a fan of iOS liquid glass or not, the one thing it has got going for it is icon theming. Regardless of the app, 100% of them will get themed, giving a uniform and consistent look to ...

Will was the Phones Editor at Android Police from August 2022 to May 2025, which usually meant his desk was covered in a dozen different smartphones at any given time. Prior to that, he was a news ...