May 13, 2013

Popular launcher app Nova Launcher released a new update over the weekend that adds much more flexibility and control over app icons to go along with normal optimizations and bug fixes. While many people put their favorite apps on their homescreens, others like to access them using the app drawer. This is where many of Nova Launcher’s recent updates are focused. Users can customize app icons and titles used in the app drawer independent of the theme they currently have selected. Users can also group apps into folders in the app drawer and then drag these folders to the homescreen. This essentially means folders can be created from the homescreen or the app drawer.

The app also added its own method to add new apps to pages when a user installs a new app. This includes the ability to specify which page new apps are placed on. Users do need to change a setting in the Google Play Store though so Nova can handle the process.

If you want to check out Nova Launcher, use the links below to access the free version or the $4.00 Prime version.