The software team at Microsoft is definitely doing great things, and I can’t wait to try out Edge browser when it debuts, and I can definitely see how this has an appeal to non-nova launcher fans. Comes with some kind of “Booster,” which is pretty useless but I can understand why MS would include it.Customizable to some extent, but definitely not a large extent.A good competitor to Google Feed because it’s more customizable and actually shows up on your home screen without opening an app.You can change Bing’s search to Google in the options.Thankfully, it is not on the home screen by default, and you can choose to ignore it. This might be appealing to some, but to me it is complete nonsense. There is some sort of RAM booster widget inbuilt into the launcher. However, my only complaint is this: Why, just why… ShortcomingsĪpart from the lack of options, in customizability, this launcher is pretty good. The default is Bing (go figure) but you can change it Google or Yahoo.
One of the great things about this app is that we definitely have a choice of which search engine we use. Search: Definitely customizable Search settings screen You can even add some extra apps in there. Once that is set up, you can even set these toggles or re-arrange them, whatever your wish is. You need to give it permission to change settings first, which I did. If you swipe up from the home button, you are greeted with this: Quick actions The home screen is simple you can add your apps and you can add folders if you are like me and you like to group your apps. Home screen Excuse the redundant “screen off” button. You can add pages, rearrange the sizes of icons, and more. Once you are all done with that, you can select your choice of icons or customize your feed. You have to let it read your notifications so that it can show you your recent messages, texts, and all other notifications in one place.You need to give it usage access, in order to change certain settings.A bunch of extra permissions is needed in order to make these work. You are greeted with a home screen which you can immediately start customizing.Īs you start swiping left or right, it explains to you where you have landed, and what you can do.
Setting it up for the first time is very easy: It will take you through the basics, explain why it needs all the permissions, and then it proceeds to ask you for the permissions that it would need. Here are my initial thoughts after playing around with the Microsoft Launcher for the past couple of hours. I don’t need too many customization options, but the state of the AOSP Launcher is pathetic, and it’s good to see serious competition in the launcher space. However, I tend to stick to Trebuchet at times, too. If you are aware of my ROMing needs, you can probably guess that I am a person who uses Nova Launcher. You could call me a fanboy, but I am not a fan of the AOSP launcher.
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