{"id":740346,"date":"2026-08-17T01:46:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T01:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/740346\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T01:46:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T01:46:10","slug":"new-pixel-phone-update-brings-awesome-level-of-color-customization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/740346\/","title":{"rendered":"New Pixel Phone Update Brings Awesome Level of Color Customization"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Friday\u2019s surprise update for the Pixel line has brought more features than anticipated. We already detailed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.droid-life.com\/2026\/08\/16\/google-adds-app-lock-to-pixel-phones-in-new-update\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">new App Lock from Android 17 QPR2 Beta 3<\/a>, so let\u2019s now talk about all of the new colors and customization options you have on your Pixel phone running this new software.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.droid-life.com\/2026\/08\/14\/google-releases-android-17-qpr2-beta-3-for-pixel\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Android 17 QPR2 Beta 3<\/a> brings a bunch of changes to the color situation within the \u201cWallpaper &amp; style\u201d settings area. We now have the option to choose from a color slider to fully dial in your favorite color for the system theme, plus you can choose from 4 styles for each color.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To access this update color area, you\u2019ll long-press on your home screen and then choose \u201cWallpaper &amp; style.\u201d Once there, you\u2019ll tap the \u201cColors\u201d option to be taken to this new and robust area.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"980\" height=\"894\" 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--pointerdown=\"actions.preloadImage\" data-wp-on--pointerenter=\"actions.preloadImageWithDelay\" data-wp-on--pointerleave=\"actions.cancelPreload\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"Android 17 Material Themes - New Colors, Color Picker\" class=\"wp-image-323695\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Android-17-Material-Color-Themes-1-980x894.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Above, you\u2019ll see that when you choose \u201cYour wallpaper colors,\u201d the system saves and lists that color on the far left side. That color will then be the star of your Material You color setup, but if you want, you can tap the color palette icon just above it to decide on the perfect color (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.droid-life.com\/2026\/05\/13\/android-17-theme-color-slider\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this was previously leaked<\/a>). Tapping that brings up a color slider that lets you fully fine-tune the color of your setup.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can also tap the color swatch for on the Colors page to be taken to the new styles area that features Neutral, Soft, Bright, and Bold options. Below, we have a look at all 4 style choices, all of which really do dramatically change the style depending on your color.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"980\" height=\"524\" 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--pointerdown=\"actions.preloadImage\" data-wp-on--pointerenter=\"actions.preloadImageWithDelay\" data-wp-on--pointerleave=\"actions.cancelPreload\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"Android 17 Material Themes - New Colors, Options\" class=\"wp-image-323696\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Android-17-New-Material-Color-Themes-980x524.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Again, this is only a part of the new Android 17 QPR2 Beta 3 update that began rolling out on Friday to supported Pixel phones. You can enroll in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.droid-life.com\/tag\/android-beta\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Android Beta Program<\/a> and start using this software today, if you\u2019d like. It won\u2019t go stable and hit non-beta testers until December 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Friday\u2019s surprise update for the Pixel line has brought more features than anticipated. We already detailed the new&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":740347,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[2306,86,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-740346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-mobile","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/740346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=740346"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/740346\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/740347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=740346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=740346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=740346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}