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Nova Launcher could soon introduce Nova AI, a built-in AI assistant complete with a chatbot, and a new Nova Plus subscription tier

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[–] Bluefruit@lemmy.world 86 points 2 days ago (7 children)

What a great advertisement for almost any other launcher.

Lawnchair is my go to if anyone wants a pretty simple and customizable launcher that respects your privacy.

[–] standardUser@anarchist.nexus 1 points 11 hours ago

What's been everyone's experiences in customization on it? I keep mine simple of fun background and a calendar and only the app drawer. No second pages

[–] LuminousLuddite@lemmy.world 16 points 2 days ago

I second this. Lawnchair is great.

[–] NoXPhasma@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago

I've tested several popular ones and landed at Lawnchair as well. Plus point for being FOSS.

[–] statler_waldorf@sopuli.xyz 6 points 2 days ago

It sounded interesting so I gave it a look and realized that I've been using it for years now and it's just so unobtrusive that I forgot about it.

[–] Speculater@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

Switched about a year ago and it works perfectly!

[–] Armand1@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

+1. Just last week they added the ability to import Nova backups.

[–] Jeremyward@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

I downloaded the APK for the old version before they added the spyware and bloatware, but i turned off auto updates and Google Play keeps trying to get me to update Nova launcher to the newest version 🥱

Not going to happen and the best part is there was no forced update within the app so im going to keep using the old one till it breaks.