Not at all, in fact so far they’ve changed nothing even in the new beta. Keep an eye on it, but while they bought the launcher, they’re not doing anything with it except fund development a bit and get some of the purchase money it seems.
I’ve been meaning to ask a graphene user, is the camera still as full featured and capable as the stock camera or does it lose the post processing that Google does?
Nova has a monopoly on quality, nothing even comes half close.
However, a decent FOSS launcher is Lawnchair, use the latest builds from github actions, it works fairly well and can allow for basic home screen customization, folder customization and custom icons
Niagara Launcher is great. I used to use Nova, but found myself only using one home screen page and only like one widget. Niagara does take some getting used to, but I also suggest giving it a try.
I can echo this. I used Nova for close to a decade, and everybody talked about Niagara so I tried it a couple of times but it didn’t stick. I guess it took three tries for me, because I realized that the one-handed navigation for any app, the ability to easily find things alphabetically, and the fact that I could have my home screen apps pinned to the top of the list all make it way cleaner
Agreed. I’ve been using it for years now, and it just feels like what a launcher should be. I’m surprised it’s not been adopted as the default, or even an available mode, since it’s so intuitive.
Agree, it’s not particularly customizable, but I’ve been using it for a week now, and it’s been the launcher I’ve been looking for.
Only issue I’ve had with it is that sometimes, the web search tries to search as if the query was a domain and not a question. Though that’s not a deal breaker.
Action Launcher had lots of the good stuff Nova has had first, anyway. Heartily recommend. Tbf as long as the launcher has covers/smart folders/whatever they’re called then I’m happy
I switched to AL from Nova years ago - the cover folders are absolutely one of its best features, followed by custom actions for various tap and swipe gestures.
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