Launchers - Phone Desktop

Launchers

Let’s talk about launchers - on Android. Serving as desktop management applications (yes, phones have desktop too – ‘tis called home screen, tho) for Android phones, launchers are good companions for any phone user out there; from wallpaper, theme, icon, shortcuts, these apps provide a customizable gateway to apps, links modules, settings on phones. They’re so fantastic you can make your phone look like another (brand or Android version) or use features that are otherwise available going through pages on a browser or sub-menus: weather status; translators; search assistants; news; image search; calendar events; phone calls.

A default launcher is always pre-installed on an Android device, but if you want to make modifications beyond what it offers, there are a host of others on the Market. Some are uniquely made for the skin of a particular design, others port-able and many for everyone. There are launchers that even mimic others (like Action Launcher 3 and Lean Launcher do the remarkable Pixel Launcher)

There are hundreds, nay thousands of launchers out there, but let’s see how they look. You can check out their features from this article on Tom’s guide: Best Android Launchers of 2019 | Apps to Customize your phone or explore at the app market.

• Pixel Launcher. Made for Google’s Pixel devices, this is one of the top launchers sought.

  

  Pixel Launcher
• Action Launcher 3

  

  Action Launcher 3

• ADW Launcher 2

  

  ADW Launcher 2

• AIO Launcher

  

  AIO Launcher
• Apex Launcher 

  

  Apex Launcher

• ASAP Launcher 

  

  ASAP Launcher

• Big Launcher 

  

  Big Launcher

• BlackBerry Launcher 



BlackBerry Launcher

• Evie Launcher

  

  Evie Launcher

• GO Launcher - 3D parallax Themes & HD Wallpapers. There's been many versions of this one.
  

• Hola Launcher

Hola Launcher

• Hyperion Launcher 



Hyperion Launcher

• Lawnchair 



Lawnchair Launcher

• Lean Launcher 

  

  Lean Launcher

• Microsoft Launcher 

  

  Microsoft Launcher

• Niagara Launcher 

  

  Niagara Launcher

• Nova Launcher

  

  Nova Launcher

• POCO Launcher 

  

  POCO Launcher

• Smart Launcher 5

Smart Launcher 5

• Total Launcher

Hola is low-sized and therefore is fast; Total Launcher & Action launcher 3 gives more customizability; Microsoft Launcher has much to – you can start editing a document and continue at the same instant on your Microsoft PC, you can snap photo and view it on PC, or visit a links on Edge, personalise gesture controls, search on Bing (images too), give directives to Cortana, view weather, news, schedule events – “I’m thinking of writing an article on this one”; Big Launcher is designed for children & visually impaired, elderly (they have hard time touching buttons most of the time, probably a thing to make them like Android) & big-sized-finger fellows maybe (LOL); for a different feel that simulates other phones, POCO Launcher, BlackBerry Launcher, Pixel Launcher could synthesize the look + functionality; Nova is popular, I guess; Niagara filters important notifications if you don’t want it all clustered, trivial&urgent.

Photo Credit: Tom’s Guide.