Still yearning the loss of Nova Launcher? This alternative home screen application for Android has it beat in several key ...

Instabridge acquires Nova Launcher, and the latest update has alarmed users with the addition of Facebook Ads and Google AdMob trackers, raising serious privacy questions about the popular Android ...

Matthew is the Apps and Games Editor at Android Police. He's been gaming since his first taste of a TI-99 at four years old. Matthew has been an Android user since the HTC Hero and has covered ...

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

Nova Launcher is a popular and reputable name in the Android launcher world. But its journey is now coming to an end. The launcher was acquired by Branch in 2022 and was then developed by a sole ...

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 ...

Niagara Launcher, one of the most popular apps in the Google Play Store, has received a significant update. It now includes a backup feature, which many users have requested. The news about Niagra’s ...

The latest Niagara Launcher beta update adds support for app archiving and Private Space on devices running Android 15. App archiving is a feature that lets you reclaim storage space by removing parts ...

Andy is a seasoned technology journalist with more than 15 years experience in the mobile industry, writing for Digital Trends, Wired, and more. During that time he has reviewed hundreds of ...

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 ...