Where to download and how to install the new Google launcher

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

Google plans to release another Nexus smartphone this year. It will have a completely new launcher. However, we can download this skin and start using it on any Android device right now.

Google's new home screen broadly inherits the shell tradition now found in the Nexus series. At the same time, there are a number of interesting innovations in it.

• The application menu button has disappeared. Now this action is performed with a swipe up from the bottom panel with buttons for your favorite programs.
• Instead of the usual search bar on the home screen, there is now a button with the Google logo located near the left edge. You can start the search by clicking on this button or by swiping from left to right.
• An option has appeared in the settings that allows you to allow the horizontal orientation of the home screen.
• A calendar widget appeared on the home screen. It is currently not very functional. Obviously, this is just a stub for the future.
• New wallpapers and many small visual changes.

There are two ways to install the new Nexus Launcher.

1. If you just want to satisfy your curiosity and appreciate the appearance of the new shell, you can download the file in APK format and install it on your device as a regular application. The disadvantage of this method is that the launcher will crash when trying to change the wallpaper and when switching to Google Now. Therefore, there is no point in using it in this form.
2. If you want to evaluate the full functionality of the Nexus Launcher and, perhaps, start using it as the main one, then you need to install the launcher as a system application. This can be done through. You can download the file for the firmware by.

And in conclusion, we must warn you that all manipulations with system files are potentially dangerous. Therefore, always think about what and why you are doing. The editors, as usual, are not responsible if something goes wrong with someone.:)