Nova Launcher could soon introduce Nova AI, a built-in AI assistant complete with a chatbot, and a new Nova Plus subscription tier
ew… it is my favourite launcher but I disabled updates once it got acquired 😭
Does anyone know of a launcher with similar customisability? All the active launchers I found focus on minimalism and no or monochrome icons, while Nova lets me arrange my colourful icons in whatever way I want, reskin them, etc 😐
Edit: Lawnchair’s Nova backup import feature in their newest beta release pushed me to try it out, let’s see 👀
Edit 2: ok it seems to only have lost my home-pinned website bookmarks, so this could be a workable solution 😊
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Why…
And yet another piece of software I have to abandon because of this dioshit cult behaviour.
Thanks guys. You really just went ahead and put your dick in it.
Thanks for the reminder! I had switched to Lawnchair, but I just realized I had forgotten to uninstall Nova. Fixed!
Same. Just uninstalled that spyware
whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy I hate corporations so much WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
anyways here’s my new homescreen
I still need to make groups and change images…
Omg omg kityyyyy
Anyone that gives a single shit about their data being sold to third parties should have dumped Nova a long time ago.
This is the first I’ve heard about any privacy issues. I dumped Nova recently because I found a good FOSS launcher.
Mind sharing which launcher you switched to?
Dragon Launcher. Apparently it isn’t on Play; you have to use F-Droid.
Something I cannot find in any other FOSS launcher that is the one part of Nova I want to keep: gestures on home page folders. Home page icons that I can swipe up or down to do independent actions and can be an app or folder of apps. Nothing I’ve found seems to have the same features in this regard.
Octopi Launcher does this
That might be what i switch to for now, but really want a FOSS option so I don’t have to worry about doing this again
Not who you’re responding to, but part of me really wants Octopi to be available on F-Droid and open source
Where my Smart Launcher crew at? Usually you guys show up when it’s time to shit on Nova.
Anyway, if you like the features an ease-of-use of Nova, and you are looking for an alternative, Smart Launcher all day. A played with so many of the other launchers mentioned in this thread before I found SL, and it really feels like the best to me. But that’s just like, my opinion, man.
I mean, isn’t Neo mostly Nova but with things fixed like those “ghost icons” Nova has left broken since the Lollipop update?
So basically any advantage over the native launcher is void?
Lawnchair for graphene
Kvaesitso is really nice as well
+1 for lawn chair
Lawnchair is a pretty good FOSS launcher.
Can confirm. I switched from Nova Launcher a year+ ago. I haven’t noticed any downgrade. Lawnchair feels cleaner, better.
I guess proprietary software has no option but enshittification once an open source alternative exists. The proprietary product becomes strictly for chumps, so they make it a full on scam.
Do you know if Lawnchair can do a splitscreen with two apps? I got a new phone with lawnchair and I couldn’t figure out how to do it the other day. I know it used to be a part of Android. I don’t know if it’s part of the OS, the launcher, or Google just decided to remove the feature.
I’m not sure if this is even launcher dependant thing? I’m on pixel 9 pro, using lawnchair myself.
In your open app-selector, you should have drop-down to start split screen mode.
spoiler
Lawnchair runs fine on GrapheneOS.
And on pretty much every other android too.
Yeah it’s time. Nova was great but now it’s fully enshitified. I went with Niagara. There’s a short learning period, less than a week for me to feel comfortable, but I love it. Very simple and clean.
Same, it’s great
“Could” always does a lot of heavy lifting in headlines.
Aliens COULD invade at any time!
Your dad COULD be a robot!
This article COULD get a lot more interactions with this one simple trick!
