Update 7/10: When Google first announced the Splash Screen API with Android 12 DP3 in April, Google used Gmail — which already has an animation on the web — as an example.

Compared to the splash screen app icon, it does not animate in. Update 7/7 : “Google Workspace” now appears on the Gmail for iOS splash screen following today’s version 6.0.210613 update .

Not only are splash screens now an acceptable part of Android design, Google is making immediate use of them in a defensive move against other cloud providers such as Microsoft.

Android 16 Beta 4, the final beta before the stable release, contains hints about features coming in later updates beyond the initial June launch. A notable upcoming change is a revamped Google ...

Google Maps v9.27 Beta Adds More Notification Settings, ... There are new notification settings, a new splash screen for Android Wear, and a few hints from a teardown.

Google Chrome has reached triple digits, with its milestone version 100 release including changes to the user string, multi-screen window placements, and tweaks to the app's icon.