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Nova Launcher receives huge Material Design overhaul and much more in latest beta
July 03, 2025
When talking about third party launchers on Android, one of the best out there isNova Launcher. The application is constantly getting tweaks and new little improvements to make your Android experience even better. And if you’re a member of the Nova Launcher beta community on Google+, you should be receiving quite the update today. The developer has just pushed out a huge redesign to the beta channel, bringing tons ofMaterial Designaesthetic changes, new animations, some under the hood changes, and much, much more. Without any further ado, let’s dive right in.
First up is the Material Design overhaul, which shows its biggest changes in the menus and settings panels. All menus feature an off-white background and red accents. Aside from the menus, long-pressing on a home screen will allow you to choose wallpapers, widgets and Google settings, just like in Android 5.0 Lollipop. The application drawer now also has a search bar, which can be accessed by pulling down anywhere in the drawer.
Like I said earlier, there area tonof changes in this update. The full changelog is listed below, for those interested.
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