Nova Launcher 6.2.13 beta adds new adaptive icon shapes inspired by Android 11

The latest beta release for the popular Nova Launcher brings new adaptive icon shapes inspired by the latest Android 11 Developer Preview.

By  Pranob Mehrotra May 20, 2020

Google launched the first Android 11 Developer Preview earlier this year in February, which was followed by Preview 2, Preview 3, and recently, Preview 4. Even though the company did not highlight any developer features in the latest release, we discovered a couple of changes and new features when we tried it out on the Google Pixel 3a XL and Google Pixel 4. These included things like a new select button in the recent apps overview, resizable picture-in-picture windows, new icon shapes in Pixel Themes, and much more. While there's still a long way to go before any of these features are officially available in a stable Android 11 release, you can now experience the new icon shapes with the latest beta release of Nova Launcher.

Adapticons Brings Android O's Adaptive Icons to Android 5.0+

A new application called Adapticons brings Android O's new Adaptive Icon feature to any Android 5.0+ device. Get custom icons on your phone or tablet!

By  Doug Lynch Aug 3, 2017

When Google announced Android O, they talked about a feature that will help bring uniformity to the icons on your smartphone or tablet. They're calling it Adaptive Icons and it's similar to what we've seen from multiple OEM skins in the past. Some like this feature of using icon masking to make their application icons look similar, but others dislike it and disable it immediately if they can. Now a new application called Adapticons brings this type of functionality to Android 5.0+ devices. With this application, you can set custom icons for your home screen based on a lot of different styles.