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TL;DR Google is refreshing several Pixel app icons following the Pixel 11 launch, bringing them closer to its Material 3 Expressive design language.
We were able to spot the new Weather and Recorder icons, while Pixel Camera, Calculator, and Clock are also reportedly getting redesigned looks.
The changes are easy to miss, but they give your Pixel a cleaner, fresher look.
Google has only just introduced the Pixel 11 series, and we’ve already spotted several Google apps picking up redesigned icons that bring them closer to the newer, more expressive look the company has been rolling out across Android.
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We were able to see the updated icons for the Weather and Recorder apps. Weather gets the more subtle makeover of the two. The familiar sun peeking out from behind a cloud is still there, but Google has played around with the colors and shading. The center of the sun appears brighter, there’s a warmer reddish shade toward the bottom, and the cloud now uses a gradient. The switch to a white background also makes the entire icon look cleaner.
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Recorder is much easier to tell apart. Google has ditched the old background for a cleaner, simplified red waveform. We haven’t spotted the remaining redesigned icons on Google Play or APKMirror yet, but 9to5Google reports that Pixel Camera, Calculator, and Clock are getting makeovers as well.
Pixel Camera has perhaps the biggest visual change. Google is keeping the basic camera-inspired design, complete with a viewfinder and flash, so you’ll still know exactly what you’re looking at. However, the shape has been cleaned up, and the icon now uses a new blue color palette with gradients.
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