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

        I’ve been daily driving it for a while and really want it to be better. Its hard to complain since it’s FOSS, but one of my most used features from the old Lawnchair 2 version (tabs in the app drawer) hasn’t been implemented in the new version since development was effectively reset/restarted.

        Maybe it’s time to move on and check out Octopi…

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          3 days ago

          OK, so I don’t recommend this often, but there is a FOSS option closer to Nova than Lawnchair. It’s called Neo Launcher: https://github.com/neoapplications/neo-launcher

          It may be worth a shot, I ran the release on GitHub for about a year. I stopped because the devs are doing this brainrot thing of putting releases as beta in their Discord, so the release file on GitHub is old. I hate that practice so much that I stopped recommending it, even though it’s a slightly better launcher with more options IMO.

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            3 days ago

            I appreciate the recommendation, however, I can’t support any dev who uses Discord for releases/support. I’m doing what I can to move friends and family once a viable alternative is available. I know a bunch were being recommended a couple of weeks ago, but I need 80%+ feature parity and simple a install and use flow before most will consider it.

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              3 days ago

              Yup, totally get it, it’s why I don’t use it. I have Lawnchair’s GitHub URL added into Obtainium, so it’s as simple as Play Store for updates.