Our latest APK teardown shows Google Messages is testing a way to roll your group chat icon back to its default look.

Currently, every group in the messaging app has an icon, either one you select or the default grid. You can change the icon, ...

Google's Android 16 QPR2 Beta 2 adds custom icons, step tracking, and better performance, but Pixel 10 owners may need to ...

Google is rolling out Android 16 QPR2 Beta 2, the second beta for the December 2025 Pixel Drop. Here's how to install it on your Pixel!

Android 16 QPR2 Beta 2 also introduces changes for developers. Google has added a developer verification API that helps app ...

The latest Android 16 QPR2 Beta 2 for Pixel devices introduces a long-awaited custom icon shapes feature, among other ...

The most notable user-facing change in Android 16 QPR2 Beta 2 is the ability to use custom app icon shapes. Besides a circle, ...

Behind the scenes, Android 16 QPR2 beta 2 improves how the system manages memory. A new “Generational Garbage Collector” ...

Android 16 QPR2 Beta 2 has arrived for Pixel phones. Google says that this build has reached Platform Stability, meaning that ...

Google has released the second beta of the next major Android 16 update. Among other things, the QPR2 beta has customizable app icons and more on board.

“Android 16 QPR2 has released Platform Stability today with Beta 2,” Google vice president Matthew McCullough writes. “That ...

The Android OS is highly customizable, but that means that a lot of its default settings won't be a good fit for the way that ...