Google Android 7.0
Downwards Button on Google Android 7.0
Google shipped a new design for Downwards Button in Android 7.0, released August 22, 2016. The previous design is shown beside it.
Android 6.0.1
Android 7.0
How Google has drawn Downwards Button
Android 4.3Shipped in 1 release before it changed
Android 4.4Shipped in 1 release before it changed
Android 5.0Shipped in 1 release before it changed
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 12.0Shipped 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 15.0
Shipped in 1 release before it changed
16.0 June 2025 UpdateShipped in 2 releases before it changed
Every Google release of Downwards Button
- Android 4.3 ✳
- Android 4.4 ✳
- Android 5.0 ✳
- 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.
Downwards Button on other platforms
Frequently asked questions
- What does Downwards Button 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 Downwards Button?
- Google first drew Downwards Button in Android 4.3, released July 24, 2013.
- How many times has Google redrawn Downwards Button?
- Google LLC has shipped 21 versions of Downwards Button. Each is dated, so you can see when the design changed.