<p id="speakable-summary" class="wp-block-paragraph">So bad, it’s good? Google on Friday joined in the disco ball icon fun taking place on home screens everywhere. After Spotify’s <a href="https://x.com/Spotify/status/2056037079898046580" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow">temporary</a> new disco ball app icon, released to celebrate the company’s 20th anniversary, drew <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/spotify-disco-ball-icon-logo-app-ugly-2026-5" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow">extensive online backlash</a> (and a bit of praise for those who like a little kitsch!), Google decided to get in on the joke and rolled out a custom set of Android app icons sporting a similar disco ball theme.</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">On X, Android ecosystem head Sameer Samat posted, “Your wish is our command. Disco icons available on Pixel as of today … Are y’all sure you still want this?”</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">His post included a screenshot of a Pixel phone fully decked out with sparkly, disco-ball-inspired icons, which looks just as terrible (incredible??) as it sounds. </p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The new icons are available through Pixel’s relatively new custom icons feature, which allows users to choose from different AI-generated styles for their app icons. Before this, users could only customize their icons by changing their colors to match the phone’s wallpaper and theme.</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The custom icons feature rolled out in <a href="https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/devices/pixel/march-2026-pixel-drop/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow">March’s Pixel Drop</a> — Google’s term for its periodic feature updates to Pixel phones — introducing app icon templates like a hand-drawn “Scribbles” aesthetic; a gold look called “Treasure”; a colorful, painted style dubbed “Easel”; and others.</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Earlier this week, Samat had jokingly <a href="https://x.com/ssamat/status/2056527315161731163" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow">tweeted</a>, “Should we make this icon pack happen on Android?” alongside a Chrome icon turned into a disco ball.</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Silly as it may be, Google actually made it happen.</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Many people had complained about the Spotify icon, calling it ugly, prompting the company to <a href="https://x.com/Spotify/status/2056037079898046580" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow">remind</a> them it was just a temporary sitch. “Alright, we know glitter is not for everyone,” the streamer wrote.</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Google, seemingly, disagrees. As off-brand as its disco-themed icons are, there’s also something whimsical about turning your whole home screen into a sparkly landscape of little apps. (And, in case you missed it, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/20/style/whimsy-trend-gen-z-millennials.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow">the Zillennials are really into whimsy</a> right now, The New York Times reports, describing their “playful response to a difficult world.”)</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Google isn’t the only one getting in on the action. Lovable built a <a rel="nofollow" href="https://x.com/lovable/status/2056510199691923890?s=46&t=sVvVqfqtrpFRLF39Bfwg9w">tool</a> to give logos disco-ball-themed effects.</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Upon seeing Google’s release, X user and former Pixly co-founder Race Johnson <a rel="nofollow" href="https://x.com/racejohnson/status/2057859826064175234?s=46&t=sVvVqfqtrpFRLF39Bfwg9w">quipped</a>, “When your home screen gets bottle service.” <a href="https://x.com/roosterniels/status/2057836573006188825" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow">Said another</a>, “Omg it’s awful. I’ll take it!”</p>
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