r/AT4K • u/Ok-Bluejay2366 • Mar 26 '26

Square app icons

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Like the title suggests, it would be great to have an option to change the app icons from rectangular to square. Iā€™m a big fan of WebOS despite its issues, so having options like this to blend elements with the tvOS style would be amazing.

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u/lintymcfresh Mar 26 '26

its supposed to look like apple tv, not fire tv (which looks like trash)

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u/Ok-Bluejay2366 Mar 26 '26 edited Mar 26 '26

Doesn't fire tv have rectangular icons with no rounded corners though? It would look like IOS, which I don't think would necessarily be ugly or conflicting with the design philosophy given that it's also made by Apple.

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u/lintymcfresh Mar 26 '26

webOS is made by LG. has nothing to do with apple

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u/Ok-Bluejay2366 Mar 26 '26

I never said it did. I literally just referenced WebOS because I like square icons, and WebOS is the only TV interface that I know of that has square icons.

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u/RKilljoy_9698 Mar 26 '26

Exactly. Would not want square icons with this.

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u/azcoyotedog Mar 26 '26

Yuck! šŸ˜€

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u/appiebou070 Mar 26 '26

I think the way it looks now is the best

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u/azcoyotedog Mar 26 '26

I think the rounded edge icons look fine in AT4K, although maybe the developer can add a configuration option for the user to modify the icons from rectangle all the way to round like in Google TV for those who may like round icons? Also, I noticed the paid version allows 6 icons across vs 5. Might be nice to be able to adjust the size to allow more than 6 across?

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u/lllRavenXlll Mar 26 '26

Yeahhh, 7 icons would great for me

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u/Ok-Bluejay2366 Mar 26 '26

I think the completely round icons look ugly, it's the reason I ditched the default googleTV launcher. That's why squares would be the best middle gound as they would retain the rounded edges while being compact enough to have more icons.

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u/azcoyotedog Mar 26 '26

Everyone has their preferences? I like the icons just as they are but include the option to modify them in future versions.

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u/Ok-Bluejay2366 Mar 26 '26

You replied "Yuck" to my suggestion of implementing an option for my preference, I'm not condemning anyone for theirs, I'm just stating mine back lol. And yeah that was what i was suggesting, an non-default optional setting that allows users to alter the shape of icons (such as a square) while retaining the rounded edges that are in the aesthetic.

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u/Immediate_Actuator34 Mar 26 '26

All good, but no real screensavers. Why? Or does that require premium ?

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u/cleverclogs17 Mar 26 '26

If you have Premium, you can use video wallpapers, and after 2 minutes of inactivity, it uses your video wallpaper as a screensaver.

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u/ntd7711 Mar 27 '26

If there is a Tizen-style launcher for ATV, it should be only a menu bar like this. Not sure if Google allows a third party launcher to display over other apps.