Nova Launcher could soon introduce Nova AI, a built-in AI assistant complete with a chatbot, and a new Nova Plus subscription tier

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    3 days ago

    Sadly my custom home screen depends on features I haven’t found in any other launcher, so right now I just have internet disabled for it with trackercontrol :/

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      9 hours ago

      If crazy levels of customisation is the reason you use it, Total Launcher did the trick for me.

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        Thanks for the reccomendation, I’ll take a look :)

        Yeah its the customization features. A couple replies down I listed some of the features I use that I haven’t seen in other launchers. I’ll check out total launcher and see if it could work for me

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          No worries friend :)

          You can place things anywhere down to the pixel, not just snapped to a grid like with Nova (though, there is option for a grid of apps, also).

          It’s a bit of fiddly process if it’s complicated, but you can layer and place things however you want.

          There is no dock, you can however pin items to show on every screen, which is basically the same thing, so that would also fit that criterion.

          Also 4 swipe directions on icons for extra shortcuts beyond tap (last I used nova, it was just up and down? It’s been many years).

          Basically, can highly recommend Total Launcher, though in fairness, I have not tried some of the other launchers listed by others here.

          The one time fee for pro is pretty affordable, iirc. The Dev is also pretty responsive via email

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        Largely stuff like widget and home screen padding, ability to place widgets on top of one another, set a custom widget for the search bar in the dock and place widgets in the dock

        Some parts look kinda jank cause I haven’t really worked on it since I replaced my phone so I never finished adjusting stuff to the different size screen, but this is my home screen right now. I just use a lot of features to make my jank ass setup work, so its hard to switch. Custom fonts would be so nice if I ever did make the leap though