Google Now Launcher will stop working in April
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- 09 Apr 2023
Cyberchum, 06 Apr 2023Your definition of "most" is funny and screams ig... moreNokia and Motorola: What did you say?
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- 07 Apr 2023
AtomicMarrow147, 07 Apr 2023There are other better launcher like lawnchair.The best launcher is Microsoft Launcher and Muks OS AI Launcher
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- 07 Apr 2023
Anonymous, 06 Apr 2023... and old phones don't matter, right ?There are other better launcher like lawnchair.
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- 07 Apr 2023
KondriX, 06 Apr 2023Most people associate stock Android with the one from Pixel... moreYes, AOSP = stock android. Bare-bones android. Pixels don't run stock android. When most people say stock android, what they actually meant is near-stock android.
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Anonymous, 06 Apr 2023Or you could get an iPhone As long as you can afford it 😉
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- 06 Apr 2023
Anonymous, 06 Apr 2023Being a Samsung user, i would use stock Android if i have a... moreMy suggestion is that you should get a Nokia.
My previous phone was a Samsung. I've noticed how laggy One UI is on midrange chipsets so I feel I did the right thing
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- 06 Apr 2023
chris1998, 05 Apr 2023It's funny because most people on skinned android pref... moreBeing a Samsung user, i would use stock Android if i have a choice. OneUI is too heavy even on midrange chipsets and drains battery needlessly due to background prrocesses.
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- 06 Apr 2023
Cyberchum, 06 Apr 2023Your definition of "most" is funny and screams ig... moreMost people associate stock Android with the one from Pixel phones so it's pretty fair. I guess you are talking about AOSP?
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- 06 Apr 2023
chris1998, 05 Apr 2023It's funny because most people on skinned android pref... moreIt's funny cuz it's true, xiaomi did ask their users back then as the final results weren't what xiaomi expected. Lmao.
Also u just can't tell that fanboy, he worships xiaomi.
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- 06 Apr 2023
chris1998, 05 Apr 2023It's funny because most people on skinned android pref... moreYour definition of "most" is funny and screams ignorant. Most people on skinned android don't know what stock android is, to start with. Now, I don't think that you even know what stock android actually is. No phone has stock android. NONE!
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- 06 Apr 2023
Good things do come to an end. First, it was Nexus brand, then stock Android UI from lollipop and marshmallow and now Google Now launcher. Will miss these things.
- NeonHD
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- 06 Apr 2023
(continued from below) Early MD had a very "lightweight" look to it. Like as if you were walking on a cloud.
MYD looks more eye-catching, but it just doesn't have that same "lightweight" minimal look. And maybe that's due to the fonts, the spacing, and the fact there's less 3D signifiers (shadows) being used. This is completely subjective btw.
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- 06 Apr 2023
Wait, but isn't Google Now Launcher just the old name for Pixel Launcher? I always thought GNL and PL were the same app, and google simply just pushed over the Launcher3 redesign onto GNL while changing its name.
Guess I learned something new.
I do miss GNL tho. They were really onto something with the early stages of material design UI, with the 3D cards, mountain BG and such. I still prefer it over this new "material you" design.
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- 06 Apr 2023
Anonymous, 05 Apr 2023I loved my good ol’ Nexus 5 before it abruptly slipped out ... moreOr you could get an iPhone
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- 06 Apr 2023
AtomicMarrow147, 05 Apr 2023Well it doesn't matter cuz most oem provide same launc... more... and old phones don't matter, right ?
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- 06 Apr 2023
Anonymous, 05 Apr 2023Of all the things Google does, why kill something that just... moreIndeed some pour even more bloat on top of Google's bloat.
Would be SO nice if they just made all their sh!tload of apps, as ordinary Apps you could fetch from the android market if you wanted them, rather than ram them down our throats. I hate that we have to do tricks through ADB to get rid of all the bloat that can not be cleanly removed or even disabled from an (un-rooted) phone it self.
Here a quick guide to get rid of it https://eskerahn.dk/?p=4681
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- Anonymous
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- 05 Apr 2023
I loved my good ol’ Nexus 5 before it abruptly slipped out of my pocket and its screen shattered soon after I got it brand new.
My heart is broken today, not because I’m reminded of that long-ago event, but because this represents the end of a great era for Android smartphones.
All we have now are Samsungs, a bunch of cheap, over-specced Chinese phones with fugly skins/UI and horrible software/security update support, and underpowered, gimmicky Pixels.
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- 05 Apr 2023
That is d*mb, sorry. If they at least provided a successor that was available to Android 6 and newer. But in typical Google fashion, just axing a project and leave the users stranded.
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- 05 Apr 2023
rizki1, 05 Apr 2023stock android is dead and launcher is also dead, now skinne... moreIt's funny because most people on skinned android prefer stock android .. Ask 1000 Xiaomi users, would they prefer MUIU or Stock and i bet the final results won't even be close