When it comes to customization, Android lets you do it easily. Whether you want to change the themes, wallpapers, lock screens, launchers, or icon packs. This freedom that you get to customize various elements of your device is great as it lets your creative mind run wild. One element that a lot of users want to change on their devices is the icon packs. You see different OEMs have different types of icon packs on their devices. These icon packs are usually based on the Android skin that is being used on the device.
There are plenty of icon packs available for users to download and install. You will find free as well as paid ones. Today, however, we are looking at Material You icon packs. Material You – if you don’t know what it is, is basically a new design element added to Android 12 and gets better with Android 13. What this does is, it changes the color of your accents and other elements including the widgets and icons to the same color as that of your wallpaper. So, here are the best Material You icon packs that you can install on your Android device.
Do note that Material You is available only on Android 12 and newer versions of Android.
Best Material You Icon Packs for Android
Now, let’s take a look at some of the interesting Material You icon packs that are easily available for you to download and install on your Android device. As a side note, not all launchers will support third-party icon packs. So you might have to install a third-party launcher on your device in order to make the best use of the Material You icon pack.
Pix Material You Light/Dark Icon Pack
We start this list with one of the most popular Material You designed icon packs called Pix Material. This Light and Dark Material You Icon pack is developed by PashaPuma Designs. The icon pack works very well with a good number of third-party launchers. The icons in this icon pack are simple yet pleasing to look at. The colors of the icon pack change according to the color of the wallpaper that is applied to your home screen. The app will be able to change icon colors on Android 8 and above only if you install Lawnchair 2 or Hyperion Launcher.
Currently, the Pix material You Light/Dark icon pack supports 10,983 icons. Here is the list of launchers that supports the Pix Material You Light/Dark Icon Pack
- Action
- ADW
- Apex
- BlackBerry
- CM Theme
- Flick
- GO EX
- Holo
- Holo HD
- Hyperion
- LG Home
- Lucid
- Niagara
- Nougat
- Nova
- Pixel
- POCO
- Posidon
- Smart
- Solo
- Square
- ZenUI
Pix Material You Light/Dark Icon Pack can be purchased from the Google Play Store for $ 1.99.
OneYou Themed Icon Pack
Here’s another Material You-themed icon pack that you can install on your Android device. Developed by PashaPuma Designs, this is a cool icon pack that adjusts the icon colors to that of the wallpaper for your home screen. This icon pack, if you look at it carefully, is inspired by Samsung’s OneUI 5.0 which was recently released to a number of Samsung devices. The shape of the icons can also be changed, but this depends on the launcher that you are using.
OneYou Themed Icon pack currently supports 10983 app icons and supports a good number of third-party launchers.
- Action
- ADW
- Apex
- BlackBerry
- CM Theme
- Flick
- GO EX
- Holo
- Holo HD
- Hyperion
- LG Home
- Lucid
- Niagara
- Nougat
- Nova
- Pixel
- POCO
- Posidon
- Smart
- Solo
- Square
- ZenUI
Download the OneYou Themed Icon Pack from the Google Play Store for $1.49.
Material You Light Icon Pack
Material You icons are the most sought icon pack. I mean, these icon packs have a unique design element that makes everyone want to install it on their device. The Material You Light Icon Pack has been designed by Hexoline Customization The whole icon pack revolves around the light theme. The icon designs are flat which perfectly replicates the Material You design language. With the icon pack, you also get a large collection of wallpapers, around 300 or more.
The Material You Light Icon pack currently supports 19,000+ icons with over 35,000+ themed app icons. Here are the third-party launchers supported by the Material You Light Icon pack.
- ABC
- Action
- ADW
- Apex
- Arrow
- ASAP
- Atom
- Aviate
- Awesome Icons
- CM Theme Engine
- Cobo
- CPL
- Epic
- Evie
- Flick
- GO
- Hyperion
- Holo
- Inspire
- iTop
- KK
- Lawnchair
- Lens
- Line
- LG Home
- Lucid
- L Launcher
- M Launcher
- Mesh
- Microsoft Launcher
- Mini
- MN Launcher
- Nine
- Nemus
- New
- Next
- Nougat
- Nova Launcher/Prime
- Niagara
- OnePlus Launcher
- Pixel
- Peek
- Poco
- S Launcher
- Smart
- Solo
- Square
- TSF
- V Launcher
- Yandex
- ZenUI
- Zero
- Z Launcher
Download Material You Light Icon Pack from the Google Play Store for $1.49
Pix Material You Icons
Here is another Material You icon pack from PashaPuma Designs. Just like the other icon packs from this developer, the icons will change color according to the color of your wallpaper. This icon pack has been designed to perfection and is worth the price you pay to download the icon pack. Apart from just the icons, you also get access to widgets and wallpapers that are exclusive to the Pix material You Icon pack.
The icon pack currently supports 10,000+ apps and also supports a good number of third-party launchers.
- Action Launcher
- AIO Launcher
- Hyperion Launcher
- Lawnchair 2
- Niagara Launcher
- Nova Launcher
- Pixel Launcher
- Ruthless Launcher
Download the Pix Material You Icon Pack from the Google Play Store for $1.99
Dynamic Material You Icon Pack
Here’s a dynamic icon pack that incorporates the Material You design. The icon pack changes colors based on the accents of your wallpaper. These icons are vector-based meaning they are high-quality ones and will look great on AMOLED displays The icon themes change between light and dark based on your system’s default settings. The icon pack has been designed by Altuware.
As of now, the icon pack has more than 12,000 icons. While it’s a great icon pack, the support is quite limited when it comes to third-party launchers. Here’s the list of supported launchers.
- ADW
- Apex
- Holo HD
- Hyperion
- Lawnchair
- Niagara
- Nova
- Posidon
- Smart
- Square
Download the Dynamic Material You Icon pack from the Google Play Store for $0.99.
Sand – Android 12 Icons
By default, the Sand Android 12 Icon pack doesn’t change icon colors. While it’s based on Android 12’s material You design, users will have to manually change the color of the icons. For this, you will have to make use of Themed Icons. With these two apps, you will be able to set the icon colors to that of your device’s wallpaper provided you are running Android 12 and newer.
The icon pack supports 6,600+ icons and has a large collection of wallpapers within the app for you to use for your device. The icon pack also receives updates monthly. Here is a list of launchers that support the Sand Android 12 icon pack.
- Action
- ADW
- ADW Ex
- Apex
- Go
- Google Now
- Holo
- Holo HD
- Lawnchair
- LG Home
- LineageOS
- Lucid
- Niagara
- Nova
- OnePlus
- Pixel
- Posidon
- Smart
- Smart Pro
- Solo
- Square Home
- TSF
Download the Sand Android 12 Icon Pack from the Google Play Store for free.
Themed Icons
Themed Icons are not an icon pack. Rather it’s a theme manager that lets you apply colors to any icon pack installed on your device. You can adjust various elements of the icons such as the shape, color, light or dark mode, icon size, and even whether you want the icons to be monochrome or colorful.
This is a great way to make any Material You icon pack adapt to the colors of your wallpaper. However, with this app, you will need to create app shortcuts to the home screen to get the icons to adopt the wallpaper’s accents.
Download Themed Icons from the Google Play Store for free.
Conclusion
This concludes the list of the best Material You icon packs that you can install on your Android device. Now a lot of these icon packs are usually paid ones since these icon packs can easily change colors without any additional app. However, with the free icon packs, you can make use of the Themed Icons app to change the colors. If you have questions or queries, feel free to leave them in the comments section below.
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If you use Lawnchair 12 alpha from GitHub and if you have LawnIcons installed, you can have Material You-like themed icons.
But you have to apply updates manually for now.