One UI 5.0 vs One UI 4.1 – Samsung made App Icons pretty awesome

I don’t know if the app icons matter to you or not but I feel revamping app icons is a good step when the company wants to revamp the look of the whole device. Samsung did the same with its Android 13-based One UI 5.0 software, it has brought various new and improved App Icons to offer users a fresh look to their old phones.

Usually, people got bored with the old stuff on their phones so they try to add a little tweak to them using different customization options. Changing the icon’s shape, size, and appearance on any smartphone is a simple yet effective way to add a little personalization to your phone.

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But what if you get the change by default? It will save the time you take to add tweaks to the system. In this article, I am going to compare the app icons of the previous One UI 4.1 software and the new One UI 5.0 software.

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Samsung new App Icons:

Multiple Samsung applications are getting revamped icons, let’s check them out one by one –

• AR Zone:

The AR Zone logo has been majorly changed in One UI 5.0. It looks good and is appreciable. The One UI 4.1’s sky blue and purple gradient logo has converted to dark blue while the plain white-colored “AR” has a gradient of light Blue, Peach, and Purple colors.

• Settings:

For the Settings app icon, One UI 5.0 has applied a darker Garay color with the same gear size and design as the previous One UI.

• My Files:

The files app logo is getting a gradient, you can see clearly. Its plain orange color now has yellow and orange gradients. You can also see the color change in the document shape of the logo.

• Calculator:

Earlier, Samsung Calculator had a light green color icon with plus, minus, multiplication, and division signs on it. The signs are placed as usual in One UI 5.0 but the company has changed the color to dark green and that too in gradient form.

At the same time, the division sign on the logo, which was previously of dark green color, has also been converted to which color to watch the other three mathematical signs.

• Contacts:

The new logo for the Samsung Contacts app is also clearly visible. The application logo has a plain orange color in One UI 4.1, but it is now altered to a gradient reddish-orange color.

• Phone:

The Phone app logo is not getting any notable change, it only gets a gradient of the same green color, which is rarely visible. At first glance, you will not find any difference.

• Messages:

The One UI 4.1 Samsung Messages app logo had a rectangular chat bubble on the blue box. Now with One UI 5.0, the company has redesigned this chat bubble and created it in a round shape. At the same time, the outer box also gets a blue gradient.

• Bixby Vision:

The Bixby Vision app logo is also getting a prominent change. The One UI 4.1’s blue color box is now dark blue in One UI 5.0. Whereas, the eye pupil is getting a blue and purple gradient instead of blue color.

• Secure folder:

One UI 5.0 Secure folder app icon is receiving a dark blue gradient that you can easily notice. However, the document shape on the logo is the same.

• Reminder:

Aside from the gradient, the shape of the bell on the new logo is also now more rounded compared to what One UI 4.1 has and it’s looking nice.

• Other apps:

Some other Samsung apps’ icons like Tips, Clock, and more are also getting slight changes. They got some gradients and a bolder look, however, you might barely see the change.

One UI 5.0 vs One UI 4.1 – Samsung App Icons

Imagine you are getting a whole tweaked interface but the old app icons. It will be really boring, right? So, in my opinion, Samsung One UI 5.0 new App Icons are more praiseworthy than the One UI 4.1.

The company has tried making the icons bolder and more impressive by adding a gradient to them. It will be great if these changes will be applied to all apps (at least all Samsung apps) in the coming time.