The one you'll notice right away is a custom launcher
with round icons and a new swipe - up gesture to get to the app drawer.
Of all the
new round icons, the Calendar app is getting a special feature: It'll automatically change the image to display the current date.
In particular, users can take advantage of
rounded icons on the Pixel Launcher home screen, along with app shortcuts.
Unless you have a third party launcher and
round icon packs installed on your device, this looks different.
The Google pixel Launcher comes with a dynamic calendar - like icon, which displays the date at a glance, has a revamped app drawer, new
round icons for the apps, and a lot more.
The new
rounded icon design could just be exclusive to the Pixel and the Pixel XL handsets, as per the speculations.
If this scenario plays out, then Pixel owners may find themselves with a bunch of non-circular apps from app developers who don't bother to update their icon assets to accommodate only the few devices that would
support round icons.
There's a cartoonish look throughout, with
large rounded icons and color schemes that seem haphazardly chosen.
Pressing the button will open the app menu, presented with
round icons around the display.
There are a lot (by which I mean a metric crapton)
of round icon packs out there, but we've come to the two we prefer over all others, and indeed over the mismatched stock icons on the Pixel.
Click the
small round icon (when logged in) in the far upper right to be taken to an area where you can add / edit your primary profile photo.
Google has improved and prettied - up the multitasking view (using stacked cards), there are 5,000 new APIs,
round icons instead of square, Roboto font works on every screen and there are updates to the keyboard and quick settings menu as well.
From the looks of it, it seems HTC is conforming to the new
round icon guidelines that Google developed a while back.
With the launch of the Google Pixel and Pixel XL running Android 7.1, Google hoped that developers would start
adding round icon support in their applications.
The latest Action Launcher 3 update adds unread badges, makes Quickpage free for all, adds a new
round icon style, infinite scrolling dock pages and more.
«Displays on the Pixel (1080p) and the Pixel XL (Quad HD) both look great, with deep blacks thanks to the use of AMOLED screens, and both benefit from the new Pixel Launcher, which makes the software navigation buttons present in Android smaller, and which also has smaller,
rounder icons throughout and a new Google launcher that also takes up less space.
There hasn't been any drastic departure from what we've seen in EMUI 3.0 on the Mate 7, and the experience will be familiar if you've used that device —
think rounded icons (for better or worse), a stylized notification shade and an iOS - like quick settings panel.
Google has provided developers a host of tools to help them
create rounded icons and app shortcuts that look like those you'll find on iOS.
Actually the UI is one one that debuted on Note 5 as it has
circular rounded icons were as s6 / edge came with normal different shaped icons
Bringing it a little closer to your face reveals that
rounded icon edges and curves in fine text aren't quite as smooth as you'd find on a higher - resolution screen, of course.
Apparently, Google Pixel and Pixel XL phones will come with
rounded icons on the home screen as opposed to square - like icons on the previous models.
With the Android 7.1 APIs finalized, developers can begin updating their apps with shortcuts and
round icons for the Pixel Launcher.
It also might remind you a little bit of iOS with the new
round icon design and translucent menu bar at the bottom.
Pixel will also come with a custom launcher that
features round icons and apps that are just «a swipe away.»
The new launcher now comes
with rounded icons that try to mimic what we see on Android Nougat.
Instead of the traditional springboard home screen filled with super-elipse icons found on iPhone or iPad, the Apple Watch runs a carousel
of round icons that change in scale and position.
Oh, and there's a new option to use Android's
new round icons, but only if they don't look like «an icon on a plate».
EXO UI physics start point is
a round icon floating on the table.
Below is a hands - on walkthrough of the features of Symbian «Anna» up against the older Symbian ^ 3, with the home screen and
rounder icons, main menu, clearer web browser, better virtual keyboard for messaging, improved calender, updated office and a comparison screen of the two platforms.
The quick toggles on notification center has
rounded icons, earlier Samsung Galaxy s5 also used rounded icon for toggles.
If you go to source 1 - 3, under the picture of the Tab S2, you can see an image of the Tab S2 home screen with
rounded icons that look like the Galaxy S7.
While
the round icon shape is used by default, the Pixel Launcher also supports several options for customizing the look of system app icons on the Home and App Drawer screens, including «Squircle,» «Rounded corner rect,» «Square,» and «Cylinder.»
Google went even further last year with Android Nougat, pushing app developers to include
a round icon in addition to their regular icon in an effort to achieve icon uniformity, at least on their own Google Pixel and other devices running Android 7.1.
The rounded icons continue to be the proprietary design for all their phones and you can get it on any Android phone by downloading a new icon pack.
The Android 7.1.1 Nougat update for the Moto Z brings latest July 2017 Security patch, Duo Video calling application,
Round icons, and other Android 7.1.1 Nougat goodies including App shortcuts and enhanced Doze.
And in that case, the entire consistency argument for
round icons would be moot.
Some of the features included in the update are Quickcuts (launcher shortcuts),
round icons, All Apps drawer, new widgets, Google «Pill,» tinted dock background, new folder styles from the Pixel Launcher, caret page indicator and much more.
Although ultimately whether or not your device displays
round icons is up to the OEM, many developers started to slowly introduce round icons into their apps.
The image below shows two tabs open in the desktop version of IE (with
the round icon), and the Metro version of IE open as well (with the square icon).
When any app uses the Location settings to identify your location, you will see
a round icon in your taskbar.
The interface features a cartoonish skin with colorful,
rounded icons.