There are plenty of ways to customize the home screen, app drawer, and gestures. Other Microsoft app widgets include To Do app and Outlook Calendar. There is a handy widget in the sidebar to take quick notes. One of the key benefits of using Microsoft Launcher is that it integrates with the Sticky Notes app on your Windows computer natively. This is the only official launcher for Windows users from the house of Microsoft. Today’s focus would be on launchers that mimic Windows UI elements and reimagines them for the smaller screen. We have discussed several launchers in the past, like Nova and Action, to name a few. However, there are a few Android launchers that can recreate Windows 10 look on your smartphone. But unlike iOS and macOS where UI works and looks consistent across devices, it’s not the same with Windows. Though Launcher takes over the smartphone to a point, access to previously installed apps remains intact.Where Windows enjoys the lion’s share of the personal computing market space in terms of user base, Android enjoys a similar position in the mobile computing market. One of the biggest drawbacks of the old Windows Phone was the lack of third-party apps. The feed is a cool feature, showing me recent texts I’d sent and received with big windows for news stories as well as the photos I took over the last couple days. It was a bit of a shock at first as the layout of the screen changed, and a more Windows-esque display replaced the usual setup of my phone, but I was able to keep the same wallpaper.
The setup doesn’t take long, and it mostly just requires signing in with a Microsoft account and granting a litany of permissions. A customized feed collects everything in one place, including documents, social media posts and emails.Īs an unrepentant Windows Phone lover, I gave Microsoft Launcher a quick test this week on my Android phone in the hopes of traveling in the wayback machine to the days of my LG Quantum with the slide-out keyboard. Launcher includes the ability to jump back into Office documents and other projects right where the user left off.
Launcher makes the most sense for people who are deep into the Microsoft ecosystem and have to shuttle back and forth between devices often. The update, Launcher version 4.11, is rolling out gradually and has yet to appear widely in the Google Play store. Microsoft just released an update to Microsoft Launcher with a bunch of new features, including multi-turn text messaging through Cortana, which means users can send several texts within a conversation via voice command without having to invoke the digital assistant each time.
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