Google Allows Play Store Developers to Enable Rounded Icons

Tajammul Pangarkar
Tajammul Pangarkar

Updated · Apr 22, 2019

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Google announced the step by step revamps of the Google Play Store last year. Last Month, Google asked the developers to design rounded icons for the play store on Android and Chrome OS. Now, the developers are allowed to upload and enable the rounded icons for the app listing on the Play store. All of the developers can now immediately let the listing for their apps with rounded icon style updated in the management console. The company is taking steps to change the look of the Google Play Store by adapting Material Design styling elements.

Google aims to bring consistency and cleaner look to the Google Play Store. With the rounded icon design for all of the app will bring the uniform look the play store listings. The play store on Android devices and ChromeOS devices will look similar to the same icon styles, design elements, and UI Layouts. The new design improvements remove the transparent background and dynamically adds the rounded icons to the apps that have not uploaded the native rounded icon to the play store.

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ake rounded icons compulsory for all of the developers. In the Graphic Assets section of the Product section, Google points out that they are going to force every developer to use the rounded icon style from June 24th. From today, the developers can upload the native rounded icons and enable the style from the developer console. If the developer fails to upload, then Google will automatically change the icons to rounded and will enable the feature by default for all from June 24th. From May 1st, the older icon styles won’t be accepted on the Play Store, and the unsupported ones will be rejected. As of now, only the Google Play Store for Android and ChromeOS are having this feature and the Android Auto, Android TV, and Wear OS, or APK launcher icons won’t have the rounded icons.

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Tajammul Pangarkar

Tajammul Pangarkar is a tech blogger that frequently contributes to numerous industry-specific magazines and forums. Tajammul longstanding experience in the fields of mobile technology and industry research is often reflected in his insightful body of work. His interest lies in understanding tech trends, dissecting mobile applications, and in raising a general awareness of technical know-how. When he’s not ruminating about various happenings in the tech world, he can be usually found indulging in his next favorite interest - table tennis.