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Nova Launcher could soon add a proactive AI assistant that sucks up all your data
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this post was submitted on 20 Apr 2026
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I'm trying out Octopi right now, seems nice so far. But, is there any way to make folders open the first app with a tap, and open the folder by swiping? That's how I used Nova for years and years, very hard to break away from that
It has it. It's in launcher settings "swipe up/down on folders to open them"
Just curious, would you then view the folder with a swipe down?
Not seeing a way to change folder tap but you could pbly request that. It's a single developer and I've been very happy to support them to get away from Nova. I've been using Octopi since last year and it's been great!
You can set up individual apps with swipe up and swipe down as well though, so if there's a main app in your folder you could break it out and at least get 2 other apps to open via swipes. Not the same I know.