The main features we know so far: the Pixel Launcher will include new homescreen shortcuts and the circular app icons, and will also have users swiping up to
access the app drawer from favorites.
Not exact matches
Eliminating the
app drawer button is a tad confusing at first, but then you realize that you can quickly
access your
apps with just a swipe up
from the bottom of the screen.
A new slide - in navigation
drawer on the left side of the
app gives you
access to different folders and accounts, a dedicated search button lets you find files easily and pull - to - refresh lets you manually grab new files
from the cloud.
It's unapologetically a clone of iOS running on iPhone X. No
app drawer,
accessing quick settings panel
from the bottom (à la Control Center), camera
app UI, Settings page, swipe gesture based navigation system.....
To the right, you have the
app drawer with a useful search option, and you can add your favorite
apps to the shortcut menu that's easily
accessed from the main home screen.
To
access the
app drawer, you will have to swipe up
from the home screen button.
Accessible
from both the launcher and
app drawer, the shortcuts can be dragged out as individual homescreen icons for much quicker
access.
Since this is the same interface as the S8's, you get an updated launcher where
accessing the
app drawer is done by swiping up or down on the home screen, with the option to remove the
apps button
from the home screen dock.
When you're done here, the
app will offer to hide itself
from your
app drawer, which helps keep things tidy since you won't need to
access this UI again.
From your Android device
access Settings — slide down the notification panel or launch the
App Drawer.
I missed Pixel features like swiping up to
access the
app drawer and the classy weather widget, but
from Sense's settings suggestions to the Flip to mute toggle, I generally enjoyed HTC's spin on Nougat.
Launchers
from phone manufacturers and third parties alike are getting more themable and more adaptable, adding gestures to do things like
access shortcuts and open the
app drawer.
Lastly, there is also an option to
access Google Play Store right
from the
app drawer.
There are small enhancements, such as the Google Now widget on the top left of the home screen, the revamped
app drawer that you can
access by simply swiping up
from the quick
access bar, and new gesture controls that let you open the notifications tray by swiping down in the fingerprint sensor in back.
As for the interface itself, the Nokia 6 features a Pixel - style launcher that lets you swipe up
from the bottom of the screen to
access the
app drawer.
Plus, if you
access any of your
apps using a swipe gesture or an icon or widget on your home screen, you can hide it
from your
drawer since you have another method of opening it anyway.
You will be able to
access controls right
from the
app drawer as well as the Automatic mode.
An
app drawer can be
accessed by swiping up
from the bottom of the screen, and once an
app has been opened for the first time, it will show on the home screen in a grid view.
Applications can be
accessed easily
from the
app drawer, which opens and closes with a pleasing animation, while notifications and settings can be
accessed by swiping down once or twice
from the top of the screen.
Still, it appears that the new launcher is comfortable with handling landscape views, users can still search for
apps directly
from the
app drawer and the sliding arrow that featured in the bottom third of the Nexus Launcher can still be accessible in the new Pixel Launcher, with the same functionality of allowing
access to the
app drawer.
There is still no
app drawer present on the device, and you can still
access the music player with a swipe
from the left.
To
access swipe down
from the top of the home screen > hit the settings cog icon > tap Home Screen Style (visible within first page) > choose between Standard and
App Drawer options.
The latest iteration of the OnePlus Launcher has a lot of similarities to the Pixel Launcher — you can slide up
from anywhere
from the lower half of the home screen to
access the
app drawer.
These
apps offer quick -
access to videos
from YouTube and other services, but the truth is I don't need to see videos as much as LeEco seems to think I do, and I definitely don't need to have a video button in the same spot that every other Android device puts the
app drawer.
There's a swipe up gesture to
access the
app drawer, Google Now occupies the left-most pane, and all interface elements are unchanged
from stock Android.
By holding down on a compatible
app icon the home screen or
app drawer of a compatible launcher (currently that's just the Pixel Launcher), you can
access pre-defined shortcuts, and create new icons
from those shortcuts.
Going into the
app drawer, you'll find a quick pullover menu
from the left that gives you easy
access to a few shortcuts and customization options.
In the case of the Google Pixel, it also somewhat confuses the design of the Pixel Launcher, making it less clear that you should swipe up
from the bottom of the screen
access the
app drawer.
On Tizen, the home screen comprises of a dock with eight
app shortcuts, and
accessing the
app drawer is done by swiping up
from the bottom of the screen.