I am wondering if Google provided a rationale in their design guidelines for what seems to have been a change in their interface design for the Google Analytics mobile app.
The difference (I could be wrong, not having seen all the running versions of the app on all platforms) is in how they used to put big icons next to numbers, and now they seem to have removed those icons.
Compare old version...
...with new version.
Certainly the version with the icons removed next to the header/summary numbers looks aesthetically "cleaner", but one (especially one with a marketing viewpoint) might criticize it for being too bland, generic, and not as informative. For that reason, I would like to know the thinking behind the decision. Is there a specific reference in the Google material design guidelines that talks about putting icons next to header text as being against the guidelines? I'm guessing not...