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Introducing a new Google Play app and game icon specification

15 March 2019

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Left to right: original icon, new icon (example), original icon in legacy mode

Update your icon to the new specification.

Upload your icon to Play Console.

Confirm in Play Console that your icon meets the new specification.

What exactly is changing?

Icon assets will remain the same size (512 x 512), but transparent backgrounds will no longer be allowed.

Google Play on Android and Chrome OS will dynamically apply rounded corners and drop shadows to icons. The corner radius will be 20% of the icon size, to ensure consistency at different sizes.

There will be no changes to Google Play on other form factors (TV, Wear, Auto).

Note this does not affect your APK launcher icons for Android.

Timelines

Changes

Early April

You can start uploading your new icons in Play Console and confirm they meet the new specification.

Original icons will continue to display correctly in Google Play.
New icons will display correctly in Google Play.

May 1st

Any new icons uploaded in Play Console must be confirmed as meeting the new specification.

Original icons will continue to display correctly in Google Play.
New icons will display correctly in Google Play.

June 24th

Original icons are converted to "legacy mode." You must confirm that any new icons uploaded in Play Console meet the new specification.

Original icons will be automatically converted to "legacy mode" icons.
New icons render correctly in the Google Play Store.

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