Hey all, newbie to the Lemmy, signed up recently.

Also a relative android newbie, I’ve had a pixel 6 for about a year and a half.

I’ve played around with tasker, KWGT, KLWP, and all kinds of other power-user techie apps, so I’m reasonably confident in my ability to tinker with my phone.

I’ve been experimenting with my launcher, having gone with stock pixel launcher for my first half, and then using Lawnchair 12 for the second half, I wanted to try something new.

So, I open the floor up to you guys! What launcher are you using, what do you enjoy, and most importantly, why do you enjoy it? What sets your launcher apart?

  • Kevin11@lemdro.idOPEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    Thanks for the tip! I think I’ll give KISS launcher a second try, because the first time I set it up, I found it annoying. Probably because I only used it for 5 minutes and then dropped it. :)

    • acrobaticpenguin23@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      I was a Nova evangelist until their being sold to a data analytics company.

      But I absolutely love KISS launcher especially when pairing it with the Panels App

      Nova Launcher may have more overall customization but KISS has enough. I toggle minimalistic on, change search engine to Brave/DuckDuckGo, set six favorites to show as icons at home screen bottom, assign tags to shortcuts such as favorite websites or tools such as compass, barometer, speed meter, distance calculator, etc.

      You can have a tag category show up as a window from the bottom right settings menu.

      Kiss also has a very impressive search component. Literally the only scrolling needed will be doom scrolling on ones favorite social media app.

      Widget functionality not the greatest but the Panels App allows me to tuck them away under a sidebar.It takes a good amount of customization but the KISS/Panels combo delivers a sublime experience for my use case.