Google — Emoji wallpaper UX/UI

Android 14 Emoji wallpaper

Emoji wallpaper is the first creation experience in the Pixel wallpaper app. The goal was to make the creation process be straightforward, allowing the users to select their own emoji, change the pattern, and adjust the wallpaper colors.

This was an opportunity to create a platform for creatives. A creativity tool and an experimental feature that celebrates Emojis and invites users to co-create.

“The process of making the wallpapers was incredibly easy, consisting of just three simple steps.”

High creativity millennial participant

“I’m not really one to change my wallpapers very frequently, but I actually enjoyed the process of creating them and would probably do it more often if I had this available. I loved the color combos, and the patterns were really unique too.”

Low creativity Gen X participant

“Since the amount of emojis I could choose from was extremely large, the hardest point of the process for me was to be creative in choosing which emojis I wanted to base the wallpaper on.”

Low creativity boomer participant

"The wallpaper options were endless. You could make multiple with the hundreds of emojis, patterns, and font color available."

High creativity Gen Z participant
"The intuitive approach to making the wallpaper allowed it to be engaging as it wasn't too complicated, which encouraged me to experiment more than I would have if the process was difficult."

High creativity millennial user
"I would use this wallpaper creator if it had more options for colors. The set up of the prototype was easy to use. It wasn't glitchy and was easy to understand."

High creativity Gen X participant
"I really liked this process of making wallpapers! At first, I thought I was limited to the 2 emojis that initially appeared, which I did not like near as much. But after I discovered how to use ANY emoji, I became very engaged with it."

High creativity boomer participant
"I also would have liked suggestions featuring popular designs that could be customized. A color wheel or picker tool would also be nice, but not necessary."

Low creativity Gen Z participant
"I liked the process of making them, but I wish there was a dedicated emoji button to add them in."

Low creativity millennial user
"I liked the patterns available, but I wish there were more to choose from. It also could be nice to have slight variations on the ones already present, like the same wallpaper, but the emojis all tilted at a different angle."

Low creativity Gen X participant
“It was easily personalized and the color options were wonderful, although I wish there would have been more pastels.”

Low creativity boomer participant

Watch Dave Burke, VP Engineering for the Android platform, give a demo of Emoji wallpapers (0:00 -1:40 timestamp) at the Google I/O 2023 conference.

Android 14 Emoji wallpaper

“The process of making the wallpapers was incredibly easy, consisting of just three simple steps.”

“I’m not really one to change my wallpapers very frequently, but I actually enjoyed the process of creating them and would probably do it more often if I had this available. I loved the color combos, and the patterns were really unique too.”

“Since the amount of emojis I could choose from was extremely large, the hardest point of the process for me was to be creative in choosing which emojis I wanted to base the wallpaper on.”

"The wallpaper options were endless. You could make multiple with the hundreds of emojis, patterns, and font color available."

"The intuitive approach to making the wallpaper allowed it to be engaging as it wasn't too complicated, which encouraged me to experiment more than I would have if the process was difficult."

"I would use this wallpaper creator if it had more options for colors. The set up of the prototype was easy to use. It wasn't glitchy and was easy to understand."

"I really liked this process of making wallpapers! At first, I thought I was limited to the 2 emojis that initially appeared, which I did not like near as much. But after I discovered how to use ANY emoji, I became very engaged with it."

"I also would have liked suggestions featuring popular designs that could be customized. A color wheel or picker tool would also be nice, but not necessary."

"I liked the process of making them, but I wish there was a dedicated emoji button to add them in."

"I liked the patterns available, but I wish there were more to choose from. It also could be nice to have slight variations on the ones already present, like the same wallpaper, but the emojis all tilted at a different angle."

“It was easily personalized and the color options were wonderful, although I wish there would have been more pastels.”

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