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Be a power Nova launcher user with these useful tips

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Nova launcher has been undoubtedly the best launcher that has been the go-to option for the Android users.Nova has been a hit among the users just because of the features that it has in store for its users and it has been consistently releasing new features in the recent updates to the Android app for attracting its users.

As every one of us is familiar with this wonderful launcher, let us now in this piece of article learn some useful tips that help us to be the power user of this launcher.

  • Many people hesitate to use the Nova launcher as they are used to the Google now page, well, for all those you can actually integrate the Google now page in nova launcher. You need to sideload the  Nova Google companion that allows you to have the Google now page
  • The users can customize swipe gestures with the help of this launcher. They can set the double tap, swipe up, two finger swipe gestures with their custom actions in Nova settings>Gestures and inputs
  • Users can even create custom tabs in their app drawer menu which lets them to categorize their apps in a neat way. To do this make sure the tab bar option in the App and widget drawers option undfer Nova settings is enabled. Then you can have the drawer groups option where you can add your custom tabs
  • The launcher has a secret privacy feature to hide folder and this can be enabled tapping an dholding the folder and then clickin on edit folder option, then enable the option swipe to open folder
  • Users can also create quick shortcuts for app actions, this is pretty simple and you can just simply tap and hold the app and then tap on the swipe action section
  • This launcher even brings the users the Oreo like notification badges for the applications they use, this can be enabled by going to Nova settings>notifacations badges> here select dots option
  • Users can quickly access the search box by just tapping on the home button
  • Tap an dhold the application shortcuts to find the Nougat’s app shortcut features

Hope these useful tips make the Android app even more usefu to you.

How to get Pixel 2 launcher on any Android device

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The most awaited phones from the search engine giant the Google Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL are finally launched. There have been a lot of fans for the Pixel devices since their launch last year. The most special and attractive thing about the Pixel devices is the Pixel launcher. As the phones are high end, many of us cannot afford them but with a lot to have that kind of look. Then we can actually make our phones look like the Pixel 2 phones as we can have the same launcher in our Android device.

Follow the steps below and you can get the Pixel 2 launcher kind of look on your Android device

  • We are doing this process using the Nova launcher, so obviously you should be having the Nova launcher installed on your device, get it from here 
  • Just launch the application and set it up with a few taps, make it your default launcher
  • To start with, just clear everything on your homepage, you can long press them to remove
  • Now to make necessary changes, you should head to the Nova settings, long press on the home screen and the then tap on settings
  • To have the swipe up to open the apps option just like the Pixel 2 launcher, tap on App & Widget drawers and then enable the option to swipe up to open and disable swipe indicator option
  • To make it look clean exactly like the Pixel launcher, head to the settings main menu and then tap on Desktop, then select icon layout, disable label option
  • In the same Desktop menu, you have to make a few more changes, tap Height Padding and then select Medium option, select medium option for the width padding as well, this will make your icons and screen look exactly like the Pixel launcher
  • While you are on the same page which is the Desktop page, scroll down to make another change which is the Page Indicator and select none

Even if we cannot afford something, we can satisfy ourselves by creating a duplicate like we have just done.

    • Then head back to the main settings, tap on Dock, then select Dock background and set the transparency at 100%
    • Now head to the home screen and then long press somewhere to access widgets and find the Quick search bar and add it to your home screen
    • Long press it and tap on resize option and resize it to the width of the screen, and bring it to the bottom of the screen. Then long press on the widget again and tap edit, then select the coloured G icon under the bar style option and also enable search as overlay option
    • Now customize the home screen like you want it by adding your favourite app icons on the home screen above the search bar
    • You can also download and set Pixel 2 wallpapers to make it look more real
    • We are pretty much done with the setup, and one more thing you can do is that you can also set up the at a glance widget which shows the calendar events and date, time, weather using the applicationBusiness Calendar 2  

Interesting Nova launcher tricks that everyone must try

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The first thing that comes to our mind when we think of android customization is the launcher. There is no scarcity when it comes to android launchers in the Google Playstore. And Nova launcher is one of the most popular launchers and also the most useful one which has a lot of customization options. Now if you are among the users who use this android launcher there I am going to share with you some interesting tricks.

Labs Menu:

There is a hidden labs menu in the launcher which features some experimental features. To enable this the user have to press the volume button for a few seconds in the settings page of the launcher. After this, they can find the labs menu in the settings page. Users can check out various experimental features like upside down screen, big grid size, Gmail unread etc.

If the users want, they can also disable this labs menu by pressing volume button in the launcher’s settings page.

Weather info in Google search bar:

This is a pretty useful feature which saves a lot of space on your screen as you can just include the weather on your search bar. First of all, open the Nova settings page and then head to labs menu, then enable the option “allow weather in search bar”. Then open the Nova settings again and go to “Desktop” and then open “search bar style” option and then select “weather”. That is it once you are done with these settings you can find the weather right in your Google search bar.

Change icons of specific apps:

You may be very well aware of the fact that it is pretty easy to change the icons of the apps using icon packs, but it is not known to all that we can actually change the icons of specific apps that we need. All you need to do is just keep on pressing on the icon and then click on edit. Then tap on the icon of the app and now you can select from various built-in icon or icons from the various icon packs that you have installed or custom images from your gallery. Select the icon you want and then just tap on done.

Prevent any home screen changes:

Everyone has this concern about their home screen when they happened to give the phone to someone and they may mess up with their very well customized screen. Don’t worry there is a simple solution in Nova launcher where the users can lock the desktop using these simple steps.

Nova Settings>Desktop>Advanced>Lock Desktop

Instead of these amazingly useful features the Nova launcher prime users will have some more interesting features like swipe actions, hiding the apps, double tap to screen lock. Thus these are some of the interesting tricks that everyone must try.