Google Pixel devices appear to be preparing icon theming using AI and custom styles
Through the latest Android builds, Google is hinting at the arrival of new icon theming options for Pixel devices that use AI.
I'm not sure why there's so much hate for this. It appears to be a completely optional feature, you don't have to use it if you don't want.
It may or may not be optional, but even if it's optional it's a modern tech company so it'll be default on, mostly because someone at HQ wants to be able to walk into their yearly review and say 'I 'led' the team that developed this 'feature' that a full 35% of users didn't turn off, so that means I increased customer satisfaction by 70%. Please don't fire me.' It's change for change's sake at best.
Sure, but does that matter if the feature works and fulfills a need that users have been asking about for years?
They are so desperate to find a use of AI that people have no option but to use.
Idk about that, I rooted my Pixel and now Google won't let me play with the built-in AI apps.
And nothing of value was lost.
Honestly out of all of the uses of AI... I'm okay with this one.
I think it's a stretch to call it AI, it's the same thing that Niagara Launcher does. It barely even qualifies as Machine Learning and I say that as someone who thinks it's very very cool.
Fuuuuuck outta eah
Google was never good at innovating and it shows.
Fuck. I swapped not that long ago because I was tired of Samsung's bullshit. Guess I'll swap again to something else when this phone starts to die.
Pixels are pretty easy to get custom ROMs on. I'm sure you can find something that doesn't include this.
I can highly recommend GrapheneOS!
For now. Google didn't release the Pixel-specific stuff with the Android 16 release.