Essentially, what this flag does is take the regular icons and turn them into monochromatic versions that can be themed to match your wallpaper (according to Google’s Material You design philosophy). This creates a consistent look, even for apps that don’t have their own themed icons.
The Forced Mono Icon feature in action
There are a couple of examples of this feature in action; just take a look at the screenshots above. Our colleagues from Android Bytes demonstrated how this works (you can also check out Google News Telegram channel), using two apps: MiX and Ring. It’s also worth noting that this forced-theme icon method also works with shortcuts that you place on your home screen.
The end result looks pretty neat, and for all fans of consistent design out there, this feature will be a must have. That being said, we don’t know exactly when this will arrive as a stable release.
Also Read:
Discussion about this post