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(https://www.androidauthority.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/google-pixel-9-pro-fold-display-front.jpg) Every year when I set up my new Pixel phone, I have a brief moment of doubt about sticking with the default Pixel Launcher. I think about all the great Android launchers (https://www.androidauthority.com/best-android-launcher-apps-222408/) I’ve tried in the past, all the interesting approaches to finding and interacting with my apps and widgets, and then I accept my fate and stick with the default option, again and again.
It’s not that I think the Pixel Launcher is perfect or that the other options don’t have excellent features I envy. Quite the contrary. But there’s something comforting in Google’s approach, so here’s why I stick with it despite knowing there are better options out there.
More... (https://www.androidauthority.com/why-i-stick-with-default-pixel-launcher-3616782/)
(https://www.androidauthority.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/google-pixel-9-pro-fold-display-front.jpg) Every year when I set up my new Pixel phone, I have a brief moment of doubt about sticking with the default Pixel Launcher. I think about all the great Android launchers (https://www.androidauthority.com/best-android-launcher-apps-222408/) I’ve tried in the past, all the interesting approaches to finding and interacting with my apps and widgets, and then I accept my fate and stick with the default option, again and again.
It’s not that I think the Pixel Launcher is perfect or that the other options don’t have excellent features I envy. Quite the contrary. But there’s something comforting in Google’s approach, so here’s why I stick with it despite knowing there are better options out there.
More... (https://www.androidauthority.com/why-i-stick-with-default-pixel-launcher-3616782/)