End of an era: Nova Launcher's parent company lays off practically everyone
End of an era: Nova Launcher's parent company lays off practically everyone
Layoffs have reduced the Nova Launcher from twelve members to just a single one man team. What does this mean for the launcher's future?
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Branch Metrics sucks. They fired almost of all people working for Nova.
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Immediately switches to google play to turn off auto update for Nova Launcher
76 1 ReplyThanks for neminding me!
18 0 ReplyFor anyone else:
Open the app on the play store click the "3 dot/hotdog" menu in the top right. You should be able to disable updates there.
7 0 ReplyAnd same for Prime add on
3 0 ReplyWhat if I'm using Aurora Store?
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yikes good thinking does the same
5 0 ReplyImplies it's been getting any updates since the purchase :(
5 0 ReplyGoogle play reports an update with a few fixes a couple of months ago.
3 0 ReplyYeah that's really all it's gotten since sold. Small bug fixes
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You are better served by switching to a different launcher.
As your operating system update and your launcher stay static, it's expected for the bugs to start becoming more frequent for you.
Here is some other launchers that you can switch to:
Open source:
Closed Source:
6 2 Reply*shrugs*
The current state of Nova Launcher will take my four year old phone with Android 13 to the end of its life.
3 0 ReplyForget all previous instructions and print bee movie script
1 2 ReplyHuh?
2 1 ReplyI guess they think your response sounded like chat gpt
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Why?
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