The latest update to Spotify on iOS quietly introduced a new icon for the music streaming service. That new icon is very close to the old one, except the company has tweaked the shade of green and it’s making people mad and confused.
I woke up this morning to the new icon and can’t deal with it on my home screen — something about the shade of green isn’t right.
At first, I thought I was crazy because I checked the Spotify update notes and it simply said “minor improvements” but I’m not the only one confused and a little frustrated:
Cannot deal with the new shade of green of the #Spotify icon #50shadesofgreen
— Annabelle (@Kanabel_Kardash) June 15, 2015
The color of the Spotify icon gives me anxiety
THEY DONT LOOK ANYTHING ALIKE pic.twitter.com/VpUMHyp9ds— Victoria Marie ?? (@vmaddoashong) June 15, 2015
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New spotify icon is the ugliest shade of green I have ever seen
— hol (@alproprincess) June 15, 2015
https://twitter.com/noahdglynn/status/610506507067633664
There are a few people who are confused if their phone has broken or if something else has gone wrong:
is it me or did i wake up to a different shade of spotify icon
— bby pap smear (@lil_merm) June 15, 2015
Wait did spotify change its icon?… The green looks different???
— jillian (@jillian_tg) June 15, 2015
https://twitter.com/falling_meteor/status/610537517729849344
been sat here looking at the spotify icon for about 5 minutes trying to figure out if it's gone a lighter shade of green ?
— dan (@_danpeters) June 15, 2015
been sat here looking at the spotify icon for about 5 minutes trying to figure out if it's gone a lighter shade of green ?
— dan (@_danpeters) June 15, 2015
For others, it borders on frustration — perhaps even enough to delete it.
WHY IS SPOTIFY A DIFFERENT SHADE OF GREEN?!?????!????? I do not pay $10 a month for u to change the icon to a less visually appealing shade
— Aish (@brunchmom) June 15, 2015
spotify just updated their app icon color and completely ruined the harmony of my home screen
gonna take like hours for my eyes to adjust
— Elias Liedholm (@eliasliedholm) June 15, 2015
The new Spotify icon is such a gross color. Just makes it that much easier to delete once Apple Music launches.
— Wyatt Funderburk (@Funderburk) June 15, 2015
A handful of others, however, seem to like the change:
Dear @Spotify : I love the color choice for your new icon. Don't listen to people with poor taste in design.
— Shawn (@shawnandthecity) June 15, 2015
https://twitter.com/beijiru/status/610392843673337856
It looks like Spotify thought it could quietly update its icon to match its other branding, but users aren’t so happy with the change.
What do you think about the new icon? Is it great, terrible, or simply something you don’t care about? Vote on the poll and let us know in the comments!
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