These changes will introduce smaller circular app icons to the streaming platform. The reports point out that this update is certain, and Google is currently working to roll it out to users.

But, notably, this change only applies on devices using circular icons. If you have a device, like a Samsung Galaxy, that uses another shape for its icons, the icon will bring back the black ...

Last year, we saw that Google had ambitions to make all app icons in Chrome OS use a circular design. Now, with Chrome OS 86, they seem to be following through on that goal. Ahead of the launch of ...

The circular icons are smaller than their rectangular predecessors and allow more apps to be displayed simultaneously. Not to mention, it enhances user accessibility and navigation.

If iOS 19 adopts circular icons, then clearly there’s no issue with circular app graphics – as now, these can use as little or as much of the available space as desired.

This update will bring a new design to Google TV. The application icons use the same circular icon design as the Google Pixel series mobile phones to save the screen space occupied by the App.

Just like the icon property, the roundIcon points to an image – always one of the new FAB-like icons. Here's an example taken from the Duo 2.0 update that landed just yesterday.

Of the 14 browsers on my machine, 12 use a circular icon and seven (depending on your interpretation of some of the images) have a globe of sorts. Only Mozilla and iCab are completely non-circular ...