Changing your Android icons takes two steps — installing a custom launcher and getting the icon packs. The Android home screens are powered by launcher apps, which feature all the widgets, app ...

The “app shape & layout” feature may signal Google’s plan to bring back custom icon shapes in Android 16. Users will likely welcome this move.

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