A bug in the stable release of Android 15 QPR1 on Pixel devices flips the light and dark Themed icons.
With the system light theme, the dark variants of Themed icons are displayed. It’s also worth noting that the background is lighter than before.
Android 15 (November) vs. 15 QPR1
When the system dark theme is enabled in QPR1 (December), you get light Themed icons. This is clearly a bug that Google should address in a future update.
Update: There is a straightforward fix — thanks Bryan and Ju — where you just switch to a different Dynamic Color theme (and then return to your preferred one). That said, Google should address the default behavior for those that rarely change themes.
With QPR1 Beta 3, Google tweaked the color of Themed icons: With the system dark mode, icons were appreciably lighter. In light mode, the inner icon became slightly brighter. Google reverted the change in QPR2 Beta 1, so the original look is presumably the intended behavior.
Hopefully, Google will address this Themed icons bug with Android 15 QPR1’s January security patch.
More on Android 15:
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- Samsung One UI 7 update splits notifications and Quick Settings, but it’s done right [Video]
- Samsung Galaxy phones finally switch to vertically scrolling app drawer in One UI 7
- Pixel 9 gets 10 fixes with Android 15 QPR1, OTA images live
Thanks Max
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