Google is experimenting with replacing notification icons with app icons in Android 15. Android expert Mishaal Rahman, writing for Android Authority, uncovered the changes while exploring the Android ...

As you can see, the usual app-supplied notifications icons blend better with the rest of the status bar icons. In contrast, when an app’s main icon is used for a notification, the icon looks out ...

As spotted by Android Authority, a latent experiment in Android 15 swaps out the existing notification icons in the status bar for ones that match what you’d find on the homescreen.

Evidence of a split notification and Quick Settings redesign has been around for quite a while now, but Android 16 Beta 3 introduces big changes to the design with a new notification panel that ...

Android 15 might bring more color and vibrancy to notification icons, moving away from the typically subdued tones users are accustomed to.