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Play or Pause Button on Google Android 12l

Google shipped a new design for Play or Pause Button in Android 12l, released March 7, 2022. The previous design is shown beside it.

Previous release
Play or Pause Button as drawn by Google in Android 12.0Android 12.0
This release
Play or Pause Button as drawn by Google in Android 12l

Android 12l

How Google has drawn Play or Pause Button

  1. Play or Pause Button as drawn by Google in Android 6.0.1
    Android 6.0.1

    Shipped in 1 release before it changed

  2. Play or Pause Button as drawn by Google in Android 7.0
    Android 7.0

    Shipped in 2 releases before it changed

  3. Play or Pause Button as drawn by Google in Android 8.0
    Android 8.0

    Shipped in 7 releases before it changed

  4. Play or Pause Button as drawn by Google in Android 12.0
    Android 12.0

    Shipped in 1 release before it changed

  5. Play or Pause Button as drawn by Google in Android 12l
    Android 12l

    Shipped in 1 release before it changed

  6. Play or Pause Button as drawn by Google in 15.0
    15.0

    Shipped in 1 release before it changed

  7. Play or Pause Button as drawn by Google in 15.1
    15.1

    Shipped in 1 release before it changed

  8. Play or Pause Button as drawn by Google in 16.0
    16.0

    Shipped in 1 release before it changed

  9. Play or Pause Button as drawn by Google in Android 15.0
    Android 15.0

    Shipped in 1 release before it changed

  10. Play or Pause Button as drawn by Google in 16.0 June 2025 Update
    16.0 June 2025 Update

    Shipped in 2 releases before it changed

Every Google release of Play or Pause Button

  1. Android 6.0.1 ✳
  2. Android 7.0 ✳
  3. Android 7.1
  4. Android 8.0 ✳
  5. Android 8.1
  6. Android 9.0
  7. Android 10.0
  8. Android 10.0 March 2020 Feature Drop
  9. Android 11.0
  10. Android 11.0 December 2020 Feature Drop
  11. Android 12.0 ✳
  12. Android 12l ✳
  13. 15.0 ✳
  14. 15.1 ✳
  15. 16.0 ✳
  16. Android 15.0 ✳
  17. 16.0 June 2025 Update ✳
  18. 17.0

✳ marks a release that redrew this emoji. The rest re-shipped the design unchanged.

Play or Pause Button on other platforms

Frequently asked questions

What does Play or Pause 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 Play or Pause Button?
Google first drew Play or Pause Button in Android 6.0.1, released December 6, 2015.
How many times has Google redrawn Play or Pause Button?
Google LLC has shipped 18 versions of Play or Pause Button. Each is dated, so you can see when the design changed.

Next release: 15.0 →