Google Android 12l
Bison on Google Android 12l
Google shipped a new design for Bison in Android 12l, released March 7, 2022. The previous design is shown beside it.
Android 12.0
Android 12l
How Google has drawn Bison
Android 11.0Shipped in 3 releases before it changed
Android 12lShipped in 1 release before it changed
15.0Shipped in 1 release before it changed
15.1Shipped in 1 release before it changed
16.0Shipped in 1 release before it changed
- Android 15.0
Shipped in 1 release before it changed
16.0 June 2025 UpdateShipped in 2 releases before it changed
Every Google release of Bison
- Android 11.0 ✳
- Android 11.0 December 2020 Feature Drop
- Android 12.0
- Android 12l ✳
- 15.0 ✳
- 15.1 ✳
- 16.0 ✳
- Android 15.0 ✳
- 16.0 June 2025 Update ✳
- 17.0
✳ marks a release that redrew this emoji. The rest re-shipped the design unchanged.
Bison on other platforms
Frequently asked questions
- What does Bison look like on Google?
- On Google it is the design shipped in 17.0, shown above at full size. Older revisions are listed beneath it.
- When did Google add Bison?
- Google first drew Bison in Android 11.0, released September 8, 2020.
- How many times has Google redrawn Bison?
- Google LLC has shipped 10 versions of Bison. Each is dated, so you can see when the design changed.