Unread badge support is being rolled out somewhat softly.
However, the endless stream of requests and negative reviews over the last two years due to
no unread badge support have proven too much for me to ignore any longer.
By far the most commonly requested feature from would - be Action Launcher users has been
unread badge support, so a great many people will be pleased to know the feature has come to Action Launcher for core apps such as SMS, Phone, Calendar and Gmail.
Not exact matches
But former iOS users will be happy to know that Android Oreo now has
support for «
Unread»
badges on home screen icons.
You can change the scrolling animation, alter the app grid layout, install a custom icon pack to change the way apps work, add iOS - style «
unread» notification
badges to apps that
support them and much more besides.
Some long - awaited features like picture - in - picture mode and
unread notification app
badges have finally landed while some entirely new features like better Bluetooth audio
support and adaptive icons are a welcome addition.
Former iOS users will be happy to know that Android Oreo now has
support for
unread badges on home screen icons.