Non-Pixel devices can install the Wallpapers app to replicate the functionality of
the Pixel wallpaper picker, which brings with it a slew of nice new wallpapers and the ability to choose whether a wallpaper should be applied to the home screen, lock screen or both.
Not exact matches
The
wallpaper picker — and the
Pixel launcher itself — is available from LlabTooFeR's site.
Google's new
wallpaper picker exists as a separate APK, meaning it can be installed without loading the
Pixel launcher, and used with any Android home screen.
Another new addition in the
Pixel launcher is the
wallpaper picker, which now has a vast collection of default
wallpapers, including some breathtaking landscapes and cityscapes from professional photographers, as well as Google's own live
wallpapers.
Google has also added a new
wallpaper picker to the
Pixel Launcher, and one that doesn't simply add a new aesthetic factor to the experience.
It seems that the
wallpaper picker is pulling some of them from the web, but some others — the ones you see below — are actually found in an APK that ships with the
Pixel...
Yes, within the
Pixel Launcher you have a new
wallpaper picker.