by dbadmin | Aug 9, 2024 | Android Launchers, News
Credit: Dhruv Bhutani / Android Authority Nova Launcher has announced layoffs have reduced its team down to just one member. The app is still available but there’s no longer resources for customer support and really anything beyond development. Reportedly work...
by dbadmin | May 5, 2024 | Android, Android Launchers, Features, Samsung, Samsung Galaxy, Samsung One UI
Credit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority Opinion post byRita El Khoury I know third-party app launchers exist, but they are not the answer for me. So yeah, I thought I’d start this article by addressing the obvious first: Yes, third-party launchers can fix many issues...
by dbadmin | Dec 2, 2023 | Android, Android Launchers, Features
Credit: Rita El Khoury / Android Authority A couple of weeks ago, I found myself installing Niagara Launcher for the first time. It had been years since I’d used a third-party Android launcher and the last time I did, it was Nova Launcher and its very stock-like...
by dbadmin | Apr 12, 2023 | Android Launchers, Google, Poll results, Surveys
Google is gearing up to kill off the Google Now Launcher, according to 9to5Google. It’s no surprise, as the launcher hasn’t been updated in years and Google delisted it from the Play Store. But it still marks the end of an era, as it was used as the launcher app of...
by dbadmin | Apr 5, 2023 | Android Launchers, Google, News
Google will finally kill the Google Now Launcher this month, according to some code sleuthing. The news comes several years after Google pulled the launcher from the Play Store. Google hasn’t always used the Pixel Launcher as the home screen experience for its phones....
by dbadmin | Jul 19, 2022 | Android Launchers, News
Credit: Dhruv Bhutani / Android Authority Nova and Branch have now joined together with the latter acquiring the former. Branch is an analytics company that mostly wants to use Nova as a platform. Kevin Barry — the creator and developer of the launcher — will still be...