Stario Launcher is among the most promising Android launchers I've used, but Google's incoming app and developer policies ...

Third-party launchers are great, but the quality of experience has degraded over the past few years because of lots of changes to Android that have basically broken the experience. This has led ...

Although Android launchers aren't quite as popular as they used to be in the early days of Google's mobile operating system, they still offer one of the easiest ways to personalize a key aspect of ...

Developers of a few popular third-party Android launchers have come together. They are urging Google to ensure gesture navigation, app switcher, and other aspects work reliably on custom launchers.

Although they have lost some popularity compared to years ago, custom launchers still have a loyal niche of users. Niagara Launcher is one of the best options available in Android, as it not only ...

Google is no longer working on its Ferrochrome launcher, an app that would’ve made running Chrome OS in a virtual machine on select Android devices super easy. Google started the Ferrochrome project ...

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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David Nield is a technology journalist from Manchester in the U.K. who has been writing about gadgets and apps for more than 20 years. He has a bachelor's degree in English Literature from Durham ...