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Nova Launcher could soon add a proactive AI assistant that sucks up all your data (www.androidauthority.com)
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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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[–] folekaule@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

Ugh. I've been holding out until now.

I've tried a ton of others but the only one I even half like is Lawnchair. The others are too restricted, too annoying or too creepy.

Does anyone know how to replicate the custom groups/tabs of apps inside the app drawer?

The app drawer and ability to choose my own search engine are what keeps me on it. I don't want "smart" anything, just let me control it.

[–] Pzulu@lemmy.world 4 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Octopi Launcher. Until I found this I was ignoring all the red flags with Nova.

Found this, ran away from Nova.

[–] Electricblush@lemmy.world 1 points 49 minutes ago

Yea Octopi is the closest to 1:1 my old setup.

[–] njordomir@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Nova was so customizable. I used those same group, tab features a lot over the years. Categories like: Network, Games, PIM, Storage, Images, Comms, etc, can take a lot of clutter out of your main drawer, not to mention Nova let you customize the visuals to a extensive point.

I remember using one called Apex around the days of early Nova and the two of them would swap who was in the lead and who was the better launcher. I haven't found an open source launcher that gives me what I want.

[–] 0ops@piefed.zip 1 points 2 hours ago

Ah man, I forgot about apex