So bad, is it good? Google on Friday joined in on the disco icon fun taking place on home screens everywhere. After Spotify temporary Released to celebrate the company’s 20th anniversary, the new disco ball app icon designed widespread online reaction (and kudos to those who like a little kitsch!), Google decided to get in on the joke and released a custom set of Android app icons with a similar disco ball theme.
At X, Android Ecosystem Lead Sameer Samat posted: “Your wish is our command. Disco icons are available on Pixel starting today… Are you sure you still want it?”
His post included a screenshot of a Pixel phone fully decked out in glittering disco-inspired icons, which looks just as awesome (incredible??) 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 this, users could only customize their icons by changing their colors to match the phone’s wallpaper and theme.
Custom icons released March Pixel Drop — Google’s term for periodic feature updates to Pixel phones — featuring app icon templates like a hand-drawn “Scribbles” aesthetic. a golden appearance called “Treasure”; a colorful, painted style called “Easel”; and others.
Earlier this week, Samat had joked he tweeted“Should we make this icon pack happen on Android?” next to a Chrome icon that turned into a disco ball.
As silly as it sounds, Google actually did it.
Many people had complained about Spotify’s icon, calling it ugly, prompting the company to do so remind it was just a temporary chat. “Okay, we know glitter isn’t for everyone,” the streamer wrote.
Google apparently disagrees. As off-brand as the disco-themed icons are, there’s also something odd about turning your entire home screen into a sparkling landscape of small apps. (And in case you missed it, Zillennials are really into whims right now, the New York Times reports, describing their “playful response to a difficult world.”)
X-user and former co-founder of Pixly, Race Johnson, just saw Google’s launch mocked“When your home screen gets bottle service.” Said another“Omg, that’s awful. I’ll take it!”
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