I just tried new AI-generated app icons for Pixel phones — and there's a huge problem

Google's new AI-generated app icons for Pixel phones are here, and I'm not very impressed by the offering.
Android Authority

Android will finally fix your messy home screen by forcing apps to use themed icons

Android 16 QPR2 Beta 1 offers improved support for themed app icons. For apps that don’t natively offer a monochrome icon, QPR2 lets the system automatically generate one for theming purposes. A new ...

This new Pixel icon feature is exactly what I wanted, but it's fundamentally broken

There are three major problems with this feature ...
9to5Google

Google Pixel’s AI icons are a poor substitute for real personalization on Android

With this month’s rollout of Android 16 QPR3 and its associated Pixel Drop, anyone rocking one of Google’s growing ...