Google is experimenting with replacing notification icons with app icons in Android 15. Android expert Mishaal Rahman, writing for Android Authority, uncovered the changes while exploring the Android ...

Google Messages has replaced text-based indicators with icons for read receipts. Here's how to tell the difference between ...

Android may never have a universal messaging app, and perhaps it shouldn’t. Instead, Google could build APIs or services that allow syncing across apps, better notifications, or aggregated inboxes.

Alternatively, users can make the switch now, so their icon is ready come June. Some apps have already done this, like Google Contacts and Drive. On top of this, starting May 1st, developers won’t be ...

Later versions of Android 16 will introduce app icon shapes, allowing you to customize the shape of your app icons, such as changing them from a circle to a square or a clover. And … that’s it.

The new icon shape customization feature is part of the in-development version of the Pixel wallpaper app that Google has been working on since August of last year. We don’t know when it’ll be ...