Nova Launcher has seen its ups and downs, but with its recent purchase, do our readers still feel enamored by it? Our survey results are in!

Nova Launcher has a new motivated owner, but after the latest version debuted ads and additional trackers, I'm not convinced ...

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First it was ChatGPT Go getting ads, now your Home Screen can’t escape them. It’s the Ad-pocalypse. Image: Irene Okpanachi / Talk Android Editorial Note: Talk Android may contain affiliate links on ...

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Back in July 2022, when mobile app metrics firm Branch acquired the popular and well-regarded Nova Launcher for Android, the app’s site put up one of those self-directed FAQ posts about it. Under the ...

A developer who worked on Nova Launcher has confirmed layoffs. The company that acquired Nova Launcher has laid off nearly the entire team that worked on the popular launcher since its early days. The ...

For more than ten years, Nova Launcher has been the go-to app for Android users who wanted their phones to feel like their own. It wasn’t flashy. It wasn’t loud. But it let you control the home screen ...

I vividly remember the early days of the awesome CyanogenMod custom ROM, which essentially turbocharged an average Android phone’s software to give it loads of extra features and settings. With the ...