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So bad, is it good? Google on Friday joined the disco ball icon fun taking place on home screens everywhere. After Spotify temporary The new disco ball app icon, released to celebrate the company’s 20th anniversary, is Drew Widespread online backlash (And a little praise for those who like a bit of kitsch!), Google decided to get in on the joke and rolled out a custom set of Android app icons that have a similar disco ball theme.
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His post included a screenshot of a Pixel phone decked out entirely in shiny disco ball-inspired icons, which is as outrageous (unbelievable??) as it sounds.
The new icons are available through Pixel’s relatively new custom icons feature, which lets users choose from different AI-generated styles for their app icons. Before that, users could only customize their icons by changing their colors to match the phone’s wallpaper and theme.
The custom icons feature was introduced in Low pixels for March – Google’s term for its periodic feature updates for Pixel phones – Introducing app icon templates such as the hand-drawn “Scribble” aesthetic, a gold theme called “Treasure,” a colorful drawn style called “Easel,” and others.
Earlier this week, Samat joked chirp“Should we make this icon pack on Android?” Next to the Chrome icon that has turned into a disco ball.
Silly as it may be, Google is the one who actually made it happen.
Many people had complained about the Spotify icon and described it as ugly, which prompted the company to do so He remembers For them it was just a temporary stitch. “Well, we know glam isn’t for everyone,” the presenter wrote.
It seems that Google does not agree with this opinion. As off-brand as its disco-themed icons are, there’s also something whimsical about turning your entire home screen into a sparkling kaleidoscope of tiny apps. (And if you missed it, Zillennials are really on a whim Now, the New York Times reported, calling them “their hilarious response to a difficult world.”)
Upon seeing Google’s release, X user and former Pixly co-founder Johsnon Race Sarcastically“When your home screen gets bottle service.” Another said“Oh my God, it’s terrible. I’ll take it!”
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