Android 8.0: The Adaptability of Icons

The Android platform boasts a plethora of devices ranging from the cheap but durable Android One phones to the expensive Google Pixel, and other devices such as the Chromebook Pixel, all developed with Google, and on the other side of the spectrum there are devices such as the newly released Galaxy Note 8, HTC’s very own U11 and Andy Rubin’s Essential Phone.
Ever since Android was released out to consumers, there have always been skins and themes used by Manufacturers on their own phones, while Google had always kept the stock, lightweight approach on their Nexus devices.
Following successive iterations, since 2015, manufacturers have tried to minimize bloatware and detailed customization, and adopted the Google approach to stock Vanilla Android. Some of these examples include the Motorola Phones which run a pure Stock Android, supported by a lightweight skin, with additional features.

With the releases of Android 6.0 and 7.0, several manufacturers have adopted the light weight skin atop stock Android characteristic. HTC’s Sense, OnePlus’ OxygenOS, Sony’s Xperia UI are all examples of Manufacturers moving towards this approach, whereas there are other manufacturers that believe that the experience that they provide using their skins and versions of Android are unmatched.

Samsung has toned down Touchwiz in favor of Grace UX and Samsung Experience and LG is still using their own heavily skinned version of Android, and somewhere on the extreme are Chinese companies such as Xiaomi, Meizu, Oppo and Vivo that provide an iPhone-esque approach to the design and functionality to their phones.
The topic of choice is the adaptability of design.
With the advent of Android 8.0, named Oreo, Google tries to fix the differences in design by providing a lot of visual enhancements such as Deep Color and Adaptive Icons which try to adapt to the skins of each manufacturer, in order to maintain consistency.
If you do not have Android 8.0, you can still experience Adaptive Icons using this app:

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