Nova Launcher has been acquired by analytics company Branch
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Hopefully, this isn’t the end of an era for Android launchers

Since a few folks seem unaware of this, I’m posting anew for visibility.

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Also KISS launcher is the goat

@Dave@lemmy.nz
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I love KISS!

I love testing out weird stuff! I was using Pielauncher before, then worked out this one gives me a clean home screen and swipe gestures!

I’ve been using it a few years now. I use Muzei and the NASA APOD plugin to get the astronomy picture of the day as my background, then have swipe actions for commonly used apps, favourites for the less commonly used apps that I still want an icon on the home screen, then I have the app list show with commonly used apps when I tap the search field.

It’s also a great talking point when people see me use it, because most people don’t realise you can change how this core part of your phone works with a couple of taps.

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