Pixel Launcher Gets Fully Ported for Non-Rooted Android Smartphones

Google first introduced the new Android launcher with the release of the Pixel and Pixel XL smartphones last year, and the tech giant has gradually made the launcher available to more smartphones. Pixel Launcher arrived on various Android phones last year, but there are still some that can’t install it from the Play Store.

Pixel Launcher APKs are available online, but some won’t load up all the launcher’s features, unless it gets converted into a system app. Redditor AmirZ has found a way to create an APK that incorporates all of Pixel Launcher’s feature set.

AmirZ stated that he was inspired by the team from Paranoid Android, which managed to get some of Pixel Launcher’s features to work on other devices. He actually analyzed how the features were made to work on eligible smartphones and then patched up a normal Launcher3 APK which includes new functionalities.

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