{"id":252893,"date":"2026-05-22T15:33:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T19:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/22\/google-hops-on-the-disco-icon-train-with-an-official-pixel-release\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T18:40:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T22:40:15","slug":"google-hops-on-the-disco-icon-train-with-an-official-pixel-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/22\/google-hops-on-the-disco-icon-train-with-an-official-pixel-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Google hops on the disco icon train with an official Pixel release"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/pixel-disco-icons-3670361\/\">Google hops on the disco icon train with an official Pixel release<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/pixel-disco-icons-3670361\/\">https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/pixel-disco-icons-3670361\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-22 15:33:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.androidauthority.com\">www.androidauthority.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TL;DR<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Disco-ified version of popular app icons have been going a little viral lately.<\/li>\n<li>Earlier this week, Android head Sameer Samat teased the possibility of an official icon pack.<\/li>\n<li>Today those disco icons go official as a custom style for the Pixel Launcher.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Disco has found itself mired in controversy for longer than many smartphone users have probably been alive (ask your parents about Disco Demolition Night). So it probably shouldn\u2019t have been any surprise that Spotify users\u2019 reactions to the app\u2019s (temporary) new disco ball icon were mixed, at best. Where some people see controversy, others see opportunity, and Google\u2019s rounding this week out by just leaning in to the disco icon fad as hard as it possibly can.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Don\u2019t want to miss the best from Android Authority?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"e_mg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"9.375rem\" title=\"google preferred source badge light@2x\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x.png 676w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x-64w-20h.png 64w\" alt=\"google preferred source badge light@2x\" src=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x.png\"\/><img class=\"e_mg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"9.375rem\" title=\"google preferred source badge dark@2x\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x.png 676w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x-64w-20h.png 64w\" alt=\"google preferred source badge dark@2x\" src=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Late last week, Pixly\u2019s Race Johnson started creating a bunch of disco-ified icons for popular apps, and it wasn\u2019t long before they caught the eye of Android head Sameer Samat:<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"e_mg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(min-width: 64rem) 51.25rem, 80vw\" title=\"android disco icons x\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/android-disco-icons-x.jpg 907w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/android-disco-icons-x-35w-64h.jpg 35w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/android-disco-icons-x-796w-1440h.jpg 796w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/android-disco-icons-x-597w-1080h.jpg 597w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/android-disco-icons-x-478w-864h.jpg 478w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/android-disco-icons-x-210w-380h.jpg 210w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/android-disco-icons-x-663w-1200h.jpg 663w\" alt=\"android disco icons x\" src=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/android-disco-icons-x.jpg\"\/>Now, a lot of execs would just leave that as a playful tease. But apparently Google is still a bit heady on I\/O energy this week, because just hours ago today, Samat returned to proclaim that Android\u2019s disco icons are now official:<img class=\"e_mg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(min-width: 64rem) 51.25rem, 80vw\" title=\"android disco icons x2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/android-disco-icons-x2.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/android-disco-icons-x2-29w-64h.jpg 29w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/android-disco-icons-x2-1000w-2222h.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/android-disco-icons-x2-648w-1440h.jpg 648w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/android-disco-icons-x2-486w-1080h.jpg 486w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/android-disco-icons-x2-389w-864h.jpg 389w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/android-disco-icons-x2-171w-380h.jpg 171w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/android-disco-icons-x2-540w-1200h.jpg 540w\" alt=\"android disco icons x2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/android-disco-icons-x2.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>As it turns out, that\u2019s even one of the more restrained deployments of the disco icons. Google\u2019s Dieter Bohn shares his utterly inspired \u201cSisko Frisco Disco Fresco\u201d home screen:<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"e_mg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(min-width: 64rem) 51.25rem, 80vw\" title=\"android disco icons x3\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/android-disco-icons-x3.jpg 918w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/android-disco-icons-x3-29w-64h.jpg 29w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/android-disco-icons-x3-645w-1440h.jpg 645w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/android-disco-icons-x3-484w-1080h.jpg 484w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/android-disco-icons-x3-387w-864h.jpg 387w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/android-disco-icons-x3-170w-380h.jpg 170w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/android-disco-icons-x3-538w-1200h.jpg 538w\" alt=\"android disco icons x3\" src=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/android-disco-icons-x3.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Absence of Gul Dukat notwithstanding, that\u2019s pretty darn good.<\/p>\n<p>As Artem Russakovskii points out, this isn\u2019t even really an icon pack in the traditional sense. Instead, it\u2019s a new preset for the Pixel Launcher\u2019s custom icon styles. That system\u2019s flexibility is likely responsible for Google\u2019s ability to deploy this update in record time \u2014 and we hope bodes well for future custom icon themes.<\/p>\n<p>Pixel users, go ahead and shake your groove things, and give these icons a chance. Are you digging \u2019em? Can you feel \u2019em? Let us know down in the comments.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for being part of our community&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/pixel-disco-icons-3670361\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google hops on the disco icon train with an official Pixel release https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/pixel-disco-icons-3670361\/ Publish Date:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":252894,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/pixel-disco-icons.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[70,72],"class_list":["post-252893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-android","tag-google","tag-pixel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252893"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=252893"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252893\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":252895,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252893\/revisions\/252895"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/252894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}