Google Android 12.0
Softball on Google Android 12.0
Google shipped a new design for Softball 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 Softball
Android 9.0Shipped in 3 releases before it changed
Android 11.0Shipped in 2 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 Softball
- 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.
Softball on other platforms
Frequently asked questions
- What does Softball 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 Softball?
- Google first drew Softball in Android 9.0, released August 6, 2018.
- How many times has Google redrawn Softball?
- Google LLC has shipped 13 versions of Softball. Each is dated, so you can see when the design changed.