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Pixel Launcher could soon give you the freedom to choose your own web search engine(www.androidauthority.com)

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kratoz29@lemm.ee
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This is a good welcome and I’d take it, despite all the hate it gets, I like Pixel Launcher because it is smooth as fuck, but this is mainly because Android stopped supporting 3rd party launchers… The joke of support that we have nowadays is… Well that, a fucking joke lol.

Anyway Pixel Launcher lacks a lot of stuff to be usable for many… But god, it is also one of the few that freaking has a feature to automatically show the keyboard when you pull up the app drawer, then you can quickly type down for apps… Why is that so hard to implement? Even iOS has a quick search function…

Anyway, as I said, PL is good, but tools like Pixel Launcher Extended are excellent, sadly it is stuck at Android 13 at the moment.

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Pantherina@feddit.de
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Nova Launcher Prime ftw

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lolcatnip@reddthat.com
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Android stopped supporting 3rd party launchers…

Um, what? I’m using one in my Pixel 8 Pro.

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Scrollone@feddit.it
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How? I tried, but 3rd party launchers work worse because they load up after you close an app. Pixel Launcher has privileged permissions and can have smooth animations

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13617@lemmy.world
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They (kinda) work on Samsung now if you turn off the animations. Regardless, the custom launcher on Android is dead.

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