Spotify recently changed the app icon for its mobile app and not everyone appreciates the celebratory disco ball logo.
The streaming audio service turned 20 years old and wanted to celebrate it with a fun icon
The flat, green Spotify app icon was recently replaced by a photorealistic disco ball.
The icon update was a fun change meant to be whimsical and festive for Spotify 20th anniversary as a company.
The problem is that not everyone knew that the icon change was a temporary celebration of Spotify’s birthday.
For that reason, the company has gone out of its way to respond to social media posts, assuring everyone that the disco ball is not permanent.
Spotify is telling concerned citizens of the Internet that the regular app icon will return this week.
Personally, I really liked the extra touch as a temporary celebration. I guess a disco ball is related enough to music to make people think it’s permanent.
People also take the aesthetics of their home screen very personally. Changing the design of an important Home screen icon in a way that doesn’t match other icon styles can be a problem.
Still, more apps should take advantage of support for alternative app icons on the iPhone. I’m sure some would like to have this icon as an option, but not as the default.
In 2020, Instagram did a similar celebratory campaign and introduced a variety of app icon options, but it was only temporary.
Although Spotify’s disco ball icon bothered some users, I appreciate the energy that was put into doing something fun for the company’s 20th birthday.
Anyway, the dancing ends this week as the disco ball will be discontinued.
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