Google Play store listing

Prepare a Google Play app icon at exactly 512x512

Google Play asks for the store icon at exactly 512 x 512 pixels, as a 32-bit PNG with an alpha channel, and no heavier than 1024KB. It is the one listing asset with a weight limit Google actually states. The editor above is fixed at 512x512 and exports PNG, and Cropy carries the transparency of the source through instead of painting a background over it. The footer reports the exact size of the file, so the limit is a number you read rather than a rejection you discover in the console.

How to prepare a 512x512 app icon

Steps

Fit the square

The frame is square, so square artwork drops in at scale 1 and a rectangular source has to give up one of its dimensions. Scale the artwork until the mark fills the frame, using the top-left corner of the frame as the scaling anchor.

  • The export is exactly 512x512 whatever the source dimensions are.
  • Areas the artwork does not cover stay transparent rather than being filled with a colour.
  • Center returns the artwork to the middle of the frame.

Keep the transparency you want and none that you do not

Google Play asks for a 32-bit PNG, which means the alpha channel is expected here rather than forbidden, and Cropy passes the source alpha through untouched. If the icon has to be solid to its edges, the artwork itself has to be solid to its edges: Cropy adds no background of its own.

  • PNG export keeps every transparent and partly transparent pixel of the source.
  • A JPEG export would drop the alpha channel, which is not what this asset wants.
  • The preview shows a checkerboard wherever the exported pixels will be transparent.

Read the file size against 1024KB

The footer reports the exact size of the file this browser produced, in megabytes, and 1024KB is a little over one of them. A 512x512 PNG normally lands well below the limit; if a very detailed icon does not, the lever is the artwork, because PNG has no quality setting to move.

  • The size shown comes from the same encoder as the download, so it is not an approximation.
  • The output line must read 512x512 before you upload.
  • Fewer colours and less noise in the source is what makes a PNG lighter.

Short answers

What size is a Google Play app icon?

Exactly 512 x 512 pixels. Google Play states one size for the store icon.

Which format, and what about transparency?

A 32-bit PNG with an alpha channel. This page exports PNG and keeps the alpha of your source, so a rounded or cut-out mark stays cut out.

Is there a file size limit for the icon?

Yes, 1024KB. It is the only Google Play listing asset with a stated limit, and Cropy shows the exact size of your file before you upload it.

Is the feature graphic the same image?

No. The feature graphic is a separate 1024x500 banner with its own rules, and Google Play states no weight limit for that one.