So, it’s been a pain in the neck waiting for all of your favorite apps to bring the Material You-themed icons. People are still waiting for the day that they can have a unified home screen. Well, this wait is drawing a little closer to a close, as Instagram is finally bringing its theme icon to Android, according to Mishaal Rahman.
Google has already themed all of its apps, and it’s been waiting on third-party companies to do the same. It started testing themed icons with Android 13, so companies have had about a year to bring their icons. We’ve already seen companies like LinkedIn, Reddit, Spotify, and many more implement their apps.
Instagram is now bringing a themed icon
In case you don’t know what themed icons are, Google introduced Dynamic Colors with Android 12. This means that the software would take the colors present in your wallpaper and apply them to your phone’s screen. This was great, and Google took this to the next level with Android 13. It brought the color palette to your app icons.
Instagram is an app that occupies many smartphone screens, so it’s surprising that the company has waited until now to bring the themed icon. As you can imagine, the themed icon will have a minimalistic Instagram logo with a background reflecting your system’s theme.
It also depends on whether you are in light mode or dark mode. The icon will have two colors, one is bright and one is dark. If your phone is in light mode, then the icon’s background will be light while the logo is dark. However, if your phone is in dark mode, then it will be reversed.
If you don’t see this new icon, make sure that your app is updated. After that, you should see the icon. if not, then you’ll just want to wait a little bit.