Do you know one of the most effective and easiest ways of changing the way your smartphone operates? Well, it is by customizing your phone by installing a launcher. With the increasingly large numbers of launchers that are being designed by developers, they let you seek benefits of tons of personalized Android icons and themes and also offers full control over the way your phone performs while launching apps, switching screens and many other actions.
Just as website designers keep looking for free WordPress themes to decorate their websites with the best possible features, smartphone users also watch out for such launchers to personalize their phones.
But how do you know which launcher to install if you’ve recently bought your smartphone? Should you ask your friends and family members? Before you do so, we help you with the names and features of some of the latest Android launchers that you can download and install to transform the entire look of your phone.
ZenUI
ZenUI is a launcher which fills in the gap between low-end, bloatware-heavy launchers which are replete with ads and unwanted apps and the more adept and expert launchers. This launcher is not only home to several high-quality themes but it even includes advanced and modern personalization features for all those who want to refine the entire Android experience. This launcher has been developed by Asus and you can adjust the grid size of the home screen, customize transitional animations while moving in between screens and also the theme of the folders.
Smart Launcher Pro 3
The Smart Launcher Pro 3 has got its personal distinct flavor and is unlike any other launcher that you find in the list. It starts with a set-up procedure where you will be asked for your preferred app, dialer, music and photo app from all those that are already installed within your phone. Once you select them, you will find a home screen which will have 6 apps and you have the discretion of increasing the number of apps but you can’t add more home screens. This launcher has got a minimalist setup with an exciting design.
Nova Launcher Prime
You will find several articles on the Nova Launcher Prime and one may say that being able to install this launcher is one of the main reasons behind buying Android smartphone instead of an iPhone. It won’t look like some ‘Wow’ when you first open it but it will include 3 folders with the names Google, Create and Play. Apart from these, there will be a Gmail widget and a Google Search Bar on the left screen beside the main home screen. Once you click on the ‘Settings’, you will find plethora of options for customizing the entire phone, from app margins to appearance to font colors to app drawer layout to animation effects to dock settings and everything else. The overall performance of this launcher is buttery-smooth with a slew of gestures.
Apex Launcher
Apex Launcher is yet another launcher packed with features with both free and premium versions. The non-paid version also has several customization options. In many ways, this launcher is pretty similar to Nova as it provides you with a slew of options like dock bar, app drawer, home screen, folders and it also has a back-up option for transferring the settings to different devices. You can even customize the home button to make it perform more than one action.
Therefore, if you’re a smartphone owner who is pretty bored with the way your smartphone looks internally and works, you can certainly install any of the above launchers which you prefer to transform the entire look of the phone.
