The revamped Glance screen offers genuinely useful flexibility. For instance, you can strip out bundled apps and features ...

One of the reasons to choose an Android phone over an iPhone is the flexibility you get in terms of customization — and there’s really no better example of that than third-party Android launchers. If ...

The Pixel Launcher does everything well. For most people, it's more than enough. But for those who find it distracting, ...

Pie Launcher combines an option wheel with quick gestures to launch apps in one smooth motion. By default, it displays a completely icon-free screen, but the circular pie menu pops up when you touch ...

Google is preparing to tweak the Pixel Launcher’s animations and feature set in Android 15. The Pixel Launcher app powers the home screen and recents screen on Pixel phones. There’s a new ...

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Although the steps toward flexibility weren’t exactly graceful, the platform came into its own within a few releases. As Android evolved, so too did its flexibility — as perfectly illustrated by the ...

Windows Phone might have vanished from existence a long time back, but the intent behind it was so good that phone software enthusiasts still praise it. Microsoft might not be keen to bring it back, ...

David Nield is a technology journalist from Manchester in the U.K. who has been writing about gadgets and apps for more than 20 years. He has a bachelor's degree in English Literature from Durham ...