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If you spend any time on tech Twitter, you’ve probably come across Race Johnson’s semi-viral post featuring a few app icons with a disco ball effect, cutely referred to as “discomorphism.” The post garnered a fair amount of attention, to the point where Android President Sameer Samat joked about making a disco icon pack for Android and sharing a Chrome icon with its own discomorphism design.
Fast forward to this past Friday, and Sameer held true to his word — announcing that disco icons are now available on Pixel phones. No, this isn’t a late April Fool’s joke or Sameer just having fun in light of Google I/O. The disco app icons are real, and you can download them on your Pixel right now.
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What you need to download Google’s disco icons
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In order to use the disco icon pack, you’ll need a Pixel running Android 16 QPR3. The update began rolling out back in March, so unless you’re actively avoiding software updates on your Pixel, you should already have it.
Android 16 QPR3 added a new “Create” option for icon packs, offering five styles of AI-generated icons — including designs such as Scribbles, Cookies, and Easel. QPR3 was rolled out to every Pixel model going back to the Pixel 6 series, so unless you have a Pixel 5 or older, your Pixel is supported.
You can confirm your Pixel’s Android version by going to Settings -> About phone and then scrolling down until you see Android version. If, for some reason, you’re running a version older than QPR3, you can update your phone by going to Settings -> System -> Software updates -> System update.
How to use the disco icon pack on your Pixel
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