{"id":658833,"date":"2026-05-22T17:12:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T17:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/658833\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T17:12:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T17:12:12","slug":"google-pixel-adds-custom-disco-icon-theme-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/658833\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Pixel adds custom &#8216;Disco&#8217; icon theme [Gallery]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t<img width=\"1600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/google-pixel-disco-icons-1.jpg\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"\"  decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Google Pixel phones have custom icon packs now and, in the latest update, Google is adding a new \u201cDisco\u201d pack that\u2019s\u2026 a choice.<\/p>\n<p>Android Ecosystem President at Google, Sameer Samat, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ssamat\/status\/2057831639275983293\" rel=\"nofollow\">confirmed <\/a>that a new \u201cDisco\u201d icon pack is rolling out now on Google Pixel phones. <\/p>\n<p>The idea spawned from <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RaceJohnson\/status\/2055815818357940325\" rel=\"nofollow\">a Twitter\/X thread<\/a> where \u201cdiscomorphism\u201d was shown off on certain apps such as YouTube and Claude. Samat, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ssamat\/status\/2056527315161731163\" rel=\"nofollow\">at the time<\/a>, talked about bringing the icon pack to Android phones, but <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ssamat\/status\/2056611512102605269\" rel=\"nofollow\">confirmed <\/a>it was a serious discussion. Fast forward to today, and it has arrived.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cDisco\u201d icon pack on Google Pixel phones gives each icon an overhaul that gives a disco ball effect on a black background. It\u2019s a whole vibe when you see it in action on your own homescreen setup.<\/p>\n<p>\tAdvertisement &#8211; scroll for more content<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" 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\" height=\"1024\" width=\"456\" data-id=\"715712\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot_20260522-112227.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-715712\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" 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\" height=\"1024\" width=\"456\" data-id=\"715710\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot_20260522-112232.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-715710\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" 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\" height=\"1024\" width=\"456\" data-id=\"715711\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot_20260522-112436.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-715711\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>The effect arrives alongside Google\u2019s other icon styles which include \u201cScribbles,\u201d \u201cCookies,\u201d \u201cStardust,\u201d \u201cEasel,\u201d and \u201cTreasure.\u201d All of these styles are powered by AI generation, with each icon getting an AI-generated recreation that also allows for customizations such as different color palettes. These were <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2026\/03\/03\/pixel-homescreens-are-getting-custom-icons-but-googles-keeping-them-locked-to-ai\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">added in the March 2026 Feature Drop<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a simple way to customize your phone, but one that\u2019s also pretty limited, as we pointed out in a previous post.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cDisco\u201d pack is rolling out now \u2013 will you use it?<\/p>\n<p>Notably, Pixel phones recently lost their latest theme pack, based around Spongebob, and have yet to get a new addition.<\/p>\n<p>More on Google Pixel:<\/p>\n<p>Follow Ben:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NexusBen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Twitter\/X<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@nexusben\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Threads<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/nexusben.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bluesky<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nexusben\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Instagram<\/a><\/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\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768288030_634_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\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768288030_158_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<p>\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Google Pixel phones have custom icon packs now and, in the latest update, Google is adding a new&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":658834,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[165,74],"class_list":["post-658833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-mobile","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=658833"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658833\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/658834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=658833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=658833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=658833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}