Google, on Monday, introduced the new Android 8.0 Oreo. The Android Oreo packs in a whole bunch of features and has changed a lot of things with their launcher. The new launcher on the Google Pixel devices show up notification dots and users can have a sneak peek on the notification by long pressing the app icon. This amazing new launcher has now been ported to other Android devices. The impressive thing about the new ported launcher is that it does not need root for the installation. The new launcher is ported by a team of developers at XDA.
The new features which the ported launcher includes are:
- QSB with transparent rectangle, Google Pill and Date/Weather
- Different colours of notification dots
- Filter Google Wallpapers and Voice Search from the apps list
- Use Google Wallpapers to select a wallpaper when available
- Device profiles, margins, icon counts
- Disabled partner customization like Motorola’s 4 columns
- Google Now feed on the left of the normal workspace
- Google Calendar app icon with the date
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Developers have also brought the following features to it:
- Pull down for notifications
- Oreo theme backported to older OS versions with Pixel Blue accent colour
- Notification dots backported to Marshmallow
- Automatically prompts for notification access so you won’t have to dig through settings menus
- Fix Android 8 checks so Nexus devices can use all new features
- Show icon shapes on Android 8 without developer settings enabled
- Pressing the date widget opens the default calendar app
- Keyboard properly closes when returning to the home screen from any app
- Symmetrical hot seat
- Filter Google Now Launcher from the apps list
- Pinch to overview
- Samsung Secure Folder compatibility
- Backport of circle icons
The new launcher can be downloaded from here.
Source: XDA
