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TL;DR A new Android 17 leak suggests Google is working on deeper Material You customization for Pixel phones.
Pixel users may soon be able to pick custom accent colors in the Wallpaper & style settings instead of choosing from preset options.
The leak also shows new color intensity presets like Neutral, Soft, Bright, and Bold.
Google’s Material You design language may finally be getting one of its most requested upgrades. A new leak suggests that Pixel phones could soon let users pick custom accent colors through the Wallpapers & style app instead of relying only on Google’s preset palettes.
A video showing the feature in action was shared by Telegram leakers Mystic Leaks, who reportedly obtained an early build of a future Android 17 release. The leak also shows additional blur effects across the Android UI, but the bigger news here is the new color picker in the Wallpaper and style settings.
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For those unfamiliar, Wallpaper & style is the menu on Pixel devices where users can customize their home screen appearance, wallpapers, themed icons, lock screen, and colors.
Right now, the colors section automatically generates a few preset color palettes based on your wallpaper. There’s also an option to choose “other colors” but those are also a set of predefined shaded that can be applied across system elements like icons, buttons, menus, text highlights, and quick settings tiles.
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