After introducing on iOS earlier this week, the Google app for Android is now widely getting the new ‘G’ icon via today's update.

The new icon currently appears on the Google Search app's icon on iOS and came with the 16.18 (beta) update for Android. The new mark has yet to appear in other branding elements for the company ...

Google Play Protect will soon detect when an app changes its icon, and alert users to this behavior. Malicious apps sometimes change their app icon to evade removal, so this should help in a big way.

Update: According to Apple, the user-disclosure screens have been live on the EU App Store since the beginning of Apple’s DMA Compliance Plan back in March 2024. The screen is not new.

Apple is planning to implement a change to pasteboard (aka your iPhone's internal clipboard) that will prevent Mac apps from being able to read the pasteboard without the user being alerted ...