{"id":163256,"date":"2025-08-21T07:49:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T07:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/163256\/"},"modified":"2025-08-21T07:49:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T07:49:12","slug":"google-will-finally-allow-you-to-change-the-icon-shapes-on-pixels-home-screen-heres-what-you-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/163256\/","title":{"rendered":"Google will finally allow you to change the icon shapes on Pixel\u2019s home screen. Here\u2019s what you need to know."},"content":{"rendered":"

Today, Google launched the Pixel 10<\/a>, but that\u2019s far from everything new from the company. Along with the device premiere, we\u2019ve also got the latest Android Canary update, which brings a long-awaited icon personalization ability for the home screen of Pixel devices.<\/p>\n

The August 2025 Android Canary update adds the ability to customize the shapes of the icons on the home screen. Spotted by Android Authority<\/a>, the customization option allows you to choose one of five preset shapes.<\/p>\n

Once you open the Wallpaper & Style app, you will notice that the Icons menu has changed. It now allows you to enable icon theming and switch the default circle-shaped icons to something else. The other options are a square, four-sided cookie, a seven-sided cookie, and an arch.<\/p>\n

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The new icon shapes on Android | Image credit \u2014 Mishaal Rahman, Android Authority<\/p>\n

Changing the icon shapes on Android isn\u2019t a radically new idea. It was an option on the Pixel Launcher with Android 12, but it was later removed. The change first surfaced<\/a> in an early beta version of Android 16<\/a> last year.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In March, a more robust version of it was spotted<\/a> in the code of the Android 16 Beta 3 release. Then, a menu with six shapes was uncovered. Those were the same five shapes we\u2019re getting in the current Canary update, and an extra complex clover option, which is now missing.Such design changes might seem innocuous at first, but they\u2019re quite significant. Icon shapes could easily clash with the contents of some icons, which might be the reason why one of the shapes we\u2019ve seen earlier is now gone. That\u2019s also an easy way to change the appearance of a home screen drastically.<\/p>\n

Android has always been famous for providing great customization options. Devices like the Pixel 10 and Galaxy S25 Ultra<\/a> allow much easier customization than the iOS-powered iPhone 16<\/a>. That\u2019s why all finalists in our home screen contest<\/a> are from Android phones<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I love having the opportunity to customize my devices, but I rarely do it. Whenever I\u2019ve tried changing my home screen too much, I end up with a barely usable setup and shortly return to the default. That\u2019s why such a change is not a deal breaker for me, but I appreciate it.<\/p>\n

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