Even the circular icon support was heavily hinted at as the leaked Pixel Launcher indicated support
for circular icons, and other Google apps were slowly being updated with circular icon assets embedded in the APK.
Not exact matches
Android 7.1.1 update brings some new things like the following ones: app shortcuts,
circular icons, support
for image keyboard, storage manager intent, improved live wallpaper metadata, and tons of other extra small tweaks.
Note that clicking the update
icon, the little
circular arrow, will not suffice as that will only look
for new items that need metadata and subtitles, not check all your existing media
for subtitles.
It makes
for nice visual consistency, but app developers will have to update their apps to make
circular icons available.
Yes, the Android Nougat 7.1 will support
circular icons; but no need to worry as it will still support the current
icon pack
for some time now.
Bonus: If you don't want to see the on - screen navigation bar at all times (handy
for increasing the screen estate available to apps), you can enable a small
circular icon next to the navigation keys.
Huawei also has a thing
for circles, with
circular animations and
icons appearing everywhere from the battery indicator, to the dialing screen, to the flashlight app.
For those of you that prefer your
icons to be
circular, Rondo is the only pack in this list that will meet your standards.
We've fixed the issue from Build 10041
for when the Photos app on your PC crashes when you tap on the
circular icon at the top left to view the photo you just took.
Earlier this month, Microsoft updated the Outlook Mail app
for Windows 10 Mobile, introducing
circular contact
icons next to the emails in the box.
The current internal concept of the People Bar includes
circular contact
icons for quick messages, and integration with Office, Skype, GroupMe and other apps.
Everyone else can look forward to App Shortcuts, support
for circular home screen
icons, image keyboards, and more.
For example, the default
icon mask on Google Pixel is a circle, which means that Chrome website
icons will also adopt the
circular look.
Another fantastic feature is the ability to remove the white «plates» around
circular icons that have been redesigned
for Nougat.