First it was ChatGPT Go getting ads, now your Home Screen can't escape them. It's the Ad-pocalypse.

But with ads ...

Nova Launcher has new owners committing to the future of the popular Android homescreen, but also proposing ads.

Nova Launcher has been sold to Instabridge, and the new owners are adding ads to the launcher's app drawer in the free version. Check it out!

It can be hard to let go of legends, but that's what many Android users are facing this month, as news of Nova Launcher — which has often been heralded as one of the best third-party Android launchers ...

A few years ago, a launcher would be the first app many people installed on a new Android phone. Yet as the native phone software has gotten better, launchers have become less essential. But that's ...

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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 ...