In some cases, like Google Chrome, this splash screen is brand new in Android 12 and not a part of the app itself. In others, the splash screen gets redesigned, which is what we see with Slack.

Summary Google first introduced app splash screens with Android 12 in 2021. The YouTube app gained an animated splash screen in 2023, and now the YouTube Music app is following suit.

Google just released Android 16 QPR2 Beta 1, and as usual, didn't provide a changelog. If you want to know what's new, we've ...

Update 11/10: The animated Google Maps splash screen is now rolled out to the stable channel with version 11.6.2. It starts with a ring partitioned into five colors — there are two shades of blue.

A Twitter user was recently welcomed by the new splash screen when they opened the YouTube app on their Android phone (via 9to5Google). While the intro looks very similar to the one you have seen ...

It's unclear why only that small subset of apps supports the theme-aware splash screen, rather than anything with a transparent splash screen. As always, you can grab today's build via Windows Update.

Immediately, you'll be greeter with a splash screen. You'll want to tap on the Set default SMS app button. From the list presented, tap on the text messaging app of your choice. Tap on Set as default.

Pixelmator's image editing apps have been updated with no bug fixes and no improvements — but it did get a new splash screen confirming the firm's acquisition by Apple. Back in November 2024, it ...

Settings app splash screen before and after in dark theme: Source: Microsoft (Image credit: Source: Microsoft) The following apps support theme-aware splash screens today: ...

Microsoft has improved the defrag experience and introduced theme-aware app splash screens with the release of Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 20241, the latest Windows build available for ...

If your Lightroom app doesn’t launch or keeps closing immediately after the splash screen, signing out of the Creative Cloud desktop app is recommended. To do that, click on your profile name ...