Question Strange Google Chrome icon out of the blue [SOLVED]

[Skamath]

Google Chrome icon mysteriously changed to blue. The icon has three shades of blue and in the Playstore when I look at the icon to uninstall it update it looks like the original icon.
I started Mbam scan and in the first couple of icons it was chrome and regular icon.
What gives? I posted it on Reddit and one user has a poco phone with this icon. No searches get any result for either of us.
Please advice
Cheers
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[Skamath]

Mbam shows no threats

 

[mackdacre]

i don't know what mbam is but i also don't care

• what launcher are you using?
• what themes do you have applied?
• any icon sets?
• when you go into settings>apps>chrome is the icon there the same or is it the original?
• which icon appears above the app when you use the app switcher
• is that icon in the app drawer or is it on your home screen

 

[simplepinoi177]

Mbam shows no threats

i don't know what mbam is but i also don't care

• what launcher are you using?
• what themes do you have applied?
• any icon sets?
• when you go into settings>apps>chrome is the icon there the same or is it the original?
• which icon appears above the app when you use the app switcher
• is that icon in the app drawer or is it on your home screen

I know you don't care, but for anyone else reading this who does (and doesn't know), mbam is short for MalwareBytes Anti-Malware -- OP probably just showing that it most likely wasn't a "virus" changing things....

I'm fairly curious what the icon actually is (image searched it, too generic to narrow down) and why it got changed; I've had issues with shortcuts (in other situations) but usually many other shortcuts are also changed to either the same random icon or to other icons (as if from a "pack")....

 

[Skamath]

i don't know what mbam is but i also don't care.

It's ok to not care but simplepinoi has cared to provide reference in case you need it when you might get issues with malwares

I know you don't care, but for anyone else reading this who does (and doesn't know), mbam is short for MalwareBytes Anti-Malware -- OP probably just showing that it most likely wasn't a "virus" changing things....

I'm fairly curious what the icon actually is (image searched it, too generic to narrow down) and why it got changed; I've had issues with shortcuts (in other situations) but usually many other shortcuts are also changed to either the same random icon or to other icons (as if from a "pack")....

Reddit user found the culprit: Microsoft Launcher!!

They seem to have updated the Icon pack "Microsoft Launcher" where chrome gets a more edge like look? I can't remember even changing it from "System" to "Microsoft Launcher" Icon pack...

Fixed it by going to:
Launcher settings > Home Screen > Icon appearances > Icon Pack > set that to System

I had to remove the chrome icon from the dock an add it again to get rid of the blue icon. Same for any added websites icons.

In my case it was just install launcher and forget so it probably was on MS pack. I must admit the default Google icons in the pack look better that generic Google ones but the did dirty on the chrome icon