{"id":698412,"date":"2026-05-28T02:28:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T02:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/698412\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T02:28:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T02:28:13","slug":"google-pixel-buds-app-update-brings-new-gradient-icon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/698412\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Pixel Buds app update brings new gradient icon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t<img width=\"1600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Pixel-Buds-new-icon.jpg\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"\"  decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Besides <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2026\/05\/27\/pixel-buds-pro-2-2a-update\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">new firmware<\/a> for the latest earbuds, Google is also <a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/googlepixelbuds\/thread\/437223924\/introducing-the-enhanced-pixel-buds-app-experience\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">rolling out<\/a> an update to the Pixel Buds app on Android.<\/p>\n<p>Like the <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2025\/10\/07\/pixel-watch-m3-expressive\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pixel Watch companion client<\/a> last year, the Pixel Buds app has a new gradient icon that shows an open pebble-shaped case with the headphones seated. It uses the same blue-purple gradient as Pixel Journal, Now Playing, and other first-party apps.<\/p>\n<p>Officially, the announcement explains that the app icon now has a \u201csignature modern color palette, bringing it perfectly in line with the rest of the Google ecosystem.\u201d This replaces the sound waves in the four Google colors.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\"  alt=\"\" data-height=\"400\" data-id=\"716157\" data-link=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/?attachment_id=716157\" data-url=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/05\/Pixel-Buds-new-icon-2.jpg?quality=82&amp;strip=all\" data-width=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Pixel-Buds-new-icon-2.jpg\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\"  alt=\"\" data-height=\"400\" data-id=\"716158\" data-link=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/?attachment_id=716158\" data-url=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/05\/Pixel-Buds-new-icon-1.jpg?quality=82&amp;strip=all\" data-width=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Pixel-Buds-new-icon-1.jpg\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, users with multiple pairs of Pixel Buds will benefit from a new Landing Page. Google says this new screen \u201callows you to see and select from all your paired earbuds in one place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\tAdvertisement &#8211; scroll for more content<\/p>\n<p>Visually, each device is \u201cdisplayed with a beautiful background gradient that matches its specific color, helping you identify your devices at a glance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Our users wanted a dedicated, personal entry point for a true Pixel Buds experience\u2014and this is it.<\/p>\n<p>Version 1.0.915175631 of Pixel Buds is rolling out now via the Play Store. It\u2019s not yet widely available.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/9to5google.com\" aria-label=\"Add 9to5Google as a preferred source on Google\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-source-badge-dark\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1777325120_432_google-preferred-source-badge-dark.png\" alt=\"Add 9to5Google as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-source-badge-light\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/google-preferred-source-badge-light.png\" alt=\"Add 9to5Google as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"disclaimer-affiliate\">FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/about\/#affiliate\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">More.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Besides new firmware for the latest earbuds, Google is also rolling out an update to the Pixel Buds&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":698413,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[49,48,61],"class_list":["post-698412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/698412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=698412"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/698412\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/698413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=698412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=698412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=698412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}