Android diehards love their customization, and Android 12 seems to be introducing several new ways at a systematic level to make your phone unique. One such (small) way: the Pixel Launcher supports a grid of four by five icons in the first developer preview, a previously unavailable option.
You can adjust your grid size by tapping and tapping on the home screen Style and backgrounds, dan Grill. Scroll down to the second row and you will find 4×5. Note that this is not an option on every device that is compatible with the developer preview; we could make it work on both a Pixel 5 and a Pixel 3a XL, but not the smaller Pixel 3a.
“4×5” does not contain the Favorite tray at the bottom of the screen.
It is currently the only network option that reduces the density of the icons without making the icons themselves larger, so people who want a cleaner home screen should benefit from it.
Options are rarely a bad thing, and it will definitely provoke a provocative user’s appearance. Maybe we can set up grids of any size in a future version.
For more information on the launch of Android 12, check out our announcement post where you can see what’s new here. If you want to install the developer preview on your own device, you can find it in our Android 12 download guide.
