Nova Launcher turns 5, receives major update
Himanshu, 14 December 2016
Popular third-party Android launcher Nova has turned five years old today. And to celebrate the occasion, the developers have pushed out a major update to the app, bumping it to version 5.0.
The update brings along several new features as well as improvements - following is the complete change-log:
- Swipe to open drawer (a la Pixel Launcher)
- New Pixel style searchbar
- New search view, with tabs for Frequent, Recent and New/Updated apps
- New "Timeout" screen lock method
- New double-tap-swipe gestures
- Android 7.1 launcher shortcuts
- Dock backgrounds to draw under navbar
- Quick start to easily change major settings (Nova Settings > Backup > Quick start)
The updated app is now available for download from Google Play - head to the Play Store link below.
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Reader comments
- temp
- 16 Dec 2016
- 2Au
lol, just look on any iOS smartphone, all their skins are almost 10 years stale and boring
- AnonD-620872
- 15 Dec 2016
- Iyf
One of the best launcher right now infect no. 1
- AnonD-620872
- 15 Dec 2016
- Iyf
hero lol droid lol