Android 13 could take another step forward in perfect home screen consistency for users. The latest beta of the operating system tests the generation of Material You-style application icons.
With Android 13, Material You has improved since now third-party application icons – and not only those of Google – can also adapt to the colors of the wallpaper. However, it is necessary for the moment that the application developers make the icons compatible with Material You for this to work. Faced with too little commitment, Google took the lead.
A feature not used enough by developers
This icon color change is available on the Pixel Launcher, but also on the other overlays that integrate it. On the other hand, few developers have made their applications compatible. Ironically, not all Google apps are compatible.
Source: Frandroid
Source: Frandroid
Source: Frandroid
Consequence: users’ home screens, especially from Pixel, can use Material You, but not all applications are in the same color tones. For the more psycho-rigid among you, this can even represent a daily trauma.
Google goes further with Material You
In the Android 13 QPR2 beta, we learn that Material You can automatically generate suitable application icons. However, this novelty is only available on the Pixel Experience and therefore only on Google smartphones.
This is an option to enable that will force all app icons to become monochrome. As the analysis 9to5Google“Pixel Launcher identifies background and foreground elements and forces each of them as it sees fit“. On the screenshot taken by the media, we see that the application “Arts & Culturedoesn’t have the same color layout, which shows that there’s still room for improvement.
We can imagine that in the future, users will be able to decide whether or not to force application icons to adapt via Material You. Enough to satisfy Android fans who want a perfect home screen.
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