Google is creating new illustrations for profile pictures.
Google has created new images to use for your Google profile picture. The new images, called Google Illustrations, look quite nice and could also be useful for people who want to link an image to their account but don’t want to use a photo of themselves, The Verge reported.
The new library of illustrations shows that Google is taking a different approach than avatars like Snap’s Bitmoji or Microsoft’s Xbox avatars, which you can use to create stylized representations of your appearance.
Instead, Google’s new illustrations give you a variety of general things and places to use for your avatar.
However, according to Google, the illustrations are currently only available to Android users.
If you’re using Android, you can set one as your profile picture in Workspace and Contacts on Android. Follow the steps in this GIF from Google if that’s what you want to do.
Google said it was working to bring the new illustrations to iOS and the web, as well as other products.
The company said it will also expand the collection of illustrations available. So if you don’t see any that you like now, check back when Google added more.
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