The Google feed has been elusive for most launchers that aren't from Google on Pixel and Nexus devices. Not for Nova now.
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Nova Launcher takes on Android O notification dots
Nova Launcher continues chasing tails and with Android O putting out the wrench on little design accents, the app has gotta follow.
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Dynamic badges for home screen apps on Nova Launcher 5.1
Android O has icon animations on the way. But that doesn't mean that third-party launchers have suddenly gone out of style.
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Nova Launcher discounted by 80 percent through January 1
Nova Launcher is one of Android’s most prominent paste-on home screen launchers. This month, it celebrated its fifth year of existence with a major version 5.0 update. And for the rest of the month, you’ll get to take advantage of some holiday generosity to experience some of its premium features at a discount.
The Nova Launcher Prime “key app”, which unlocks several extra features as stowed away in the base app, is being sold not for its usual $4.99, but for 99 cents or “the cheapest price in your country/region that the Google Play Store will allow.”
The discount is good through to January 1.
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Five years later, Nova Launcher 5.0 brings up Android 7.1
Nova Launcher is catching up with its times — it’s five years old this year and the Android app that dresses up your user interface with something a little more cleaner.
And in a fitting update to version 5.0, we see some Pixel Launcher-esque features like the swipe-to-drawer mechanism, the search button, app sorting, launcher shortcuts, gestures, background draw options and an easy, quick reset button to activate changes.
Of course, as you see above, there are the risks of bugs. But don’t let that kick your calves into leaving before a patch.
Nova Launcher has had at least 10 million downloads and over 680,000 five-star ratings.
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Galaxy S7 lifehack goes deep to get a “Condensed” DPI setting
Does TouchWiz feel too big to you sometimes? Comically large? A shame?Well, if you prefer more content density and less graphical muss and fuss, you may be able to get all of that on the Galaxy S7 (and
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LG V10 fingerprint scanner insecure? Attack lets unauthorized users add their own prints
Fingerprint security can be one of the best ways to keep your smartphone safe, as it both relies on something that’s unique to you, the phone’s owner, and when it works well, its operation can be nearly seamless. But key to its security is making sure that it only recognizes your fingerprints as authorized – if another user could easily add their own, that protection goes right out the window. ...
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Top 5 Android Launchers in 2015 (Video)
From cruise control to do-it-yourself, the amount of control users can have over Android Back in late 2013, we covered an extensive range of Android launchers for the different people who might have wanted something a little different from their phone’s native skin. Hell, even before then, we were all up in Launcher Wars. This was back when Android 2.2 Froyo was out and HTC’s Sense UI was ...
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