Google Android 12.0
Cloud with Lightning on Google Android 12.0
Google shipped a new design for Cloud with Lightning in Android 12.0, released October 4, 2021. The previous design is shown beside it.
Android 11.0 December 2020 Feature Drop
Android 12.0
How Google has drawn Cloud with Lightning
Android 6.0.1Shipped in 1 release before it changed
Android 7.0Shipped in 2 releases before it changed
Android 8.0Shipped in 7 releases before it changed
- Android 12.0
Shipped in 1 release 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 15.0Shipped in 1 release before it changed
16.0 June 2025 UpdateShipped in 2 releases before it changed
Every Google release of Cloud with Lightning
- Android 6.0.1 ✳
- Android 7.0 ✳
- Android 7.1
- Android 8.0 ✳
- Android 8.1
- Android 9.0
- Android 10.0
- Android 10.0 March 2020 Feature Drop
- 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.
Cloud with Lightning on other platforms
Frequently asked questions
- What does Cloud with Lightning 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 Cloud with Lightning?
- Google first drew Cloud with Lightning in Android 6.0.1, released December 6, 2015.
- How many times has Google redrawn Cloud with Lightning?
- Google LLC has shipped 18 versions of Cloud with Lightning. Each is dated, so you can see when the design changed.