Unfortunately, the Nexus 5X even with the Pixel Launcher sideloaded does not
feature circular icons.
Not exact matches
Devices will officially get such new
features as App shortcuts,
circular app
icons and updates to the Google keyboard, among others.
The EMUI 8 is Huawei's custom skin and users will also receive lots of Android 8.0
features like PiP mode, adaptive
icons, and
circular emojis bringing it on par with Google's Pixel 2 smartphones.
The main
features we know so far: the Pixel Launcher will include new homescreen shortcuts and the
circular app
icons, and will also have users swiping up to access the app drawer from favorites.
With Android 7.1.1, the Nexus 6 will get such
features as App shortcuts,
circular app
icons and updates to the Google keyboard, among others.
The
feature places a
circular shutter
icon next to the name of the account that took a screenshot or screen recording of your content.
Venture Beat published a leaked image of the rumored phone last week, with the most noticeable
feature being the
circular launcher
icons on the phone's interface.
It will also
feature adaptive
icons and new
circular emojis to replace the gumdrop ones.
After starting a call with Google Phone, pressing the home button will reveal a
circular phone
icon in the upper - left corner of your home screen — not unlike what Facebook offers with its Messenger Chat Heads
feature.
Another fantastic
feature is the ability to remove the white «plates» around
circular icons that have been redesigned for Nougat.
Updated from version 1.9, the latest version of Messenger
features the updated
circular app
icon seen on the Pixel Launcher even on other, non-Pixel Android devices.