Google is preparing to bring back a beloved customization feature from Andr

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• The first Android 15 QPR2 beta hints that Google will bring back icon shape customization.
• Google used to let Pixel users customize the icon shape in Android 11, but this feature was removed in Android 12.
• Icon shape customization doesn’t currently work in Android 15 QPR2 Beta 1, though, so the feature may be quite a bit away.

One of the best things about the Android operating system is how customizable it is. If you don’t like the stock launcher app on your phone, then you can pick from many other Android home screen launchers available on the Play Store. Most people, though, stick with the default launcher, which on Pixel phones is the Pixel Launcher. A few years ago, the Pixel Launcher had a feature that let you customize the font, design, accent color, and shape of icons of your home screen, but Google got rid of some of these when it simplified Android’s customization options. Fortunately, Google is looking to at least bring back icon shape customization in the next quarterly platform release of Android 15.

Google rolled out Android 15 QPR2 Beta 1 earlier today, and it’s chock full of new features. Android 15 QPR2 Beta 1 not only delivers the long-awaited Modes feature to replace Do Not Disturb, but also confirms that a native Linux Terminal app is in the pipeline. It even brings a major kernel upgrade to Pixel phones, a change we’ve been waiting for since the beginning of the year. Under the hood, Android 15 QPR2 Beta 1 adds new features to the in-development version of the Pixel wallpaper app we first spotted back in August.




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