If you've updated and used some of Google's Android apps lately, you may have noticed a brief splash screen upon opening the apps. The screen is simple, displaying the app's logo and Google's ...

Update 8/24: After a lull in updates — besides Contacts, Google News is the latest app to adopt Android 12’s animated splash screen ... The ‘G’ logo then makes an appearance as red ...

Not only are splash screens now an acceptable part of Android ... its apps will result in a white screen and an oversized icon to be shown, along with the familiar Google corporate logo (reports ...