For a few days Rootless Pixel Launcher is available from the Google Play Store so that you can conveniently update it and have the latest news of this port very well carried out.
It is available in the Google Play Store thanks to Rootless Pixel Bridge, which is what allows the launcher to be in the app and video game store, as well as other types of content, from Google for Android.
Rootless Launcher now on the Play Store
We are facing a Google Pixel Launcher based custom launcher, the exclusive of Google phones that have been characterized by a great minimalist interface and by a series of functions such as that quick gesture to get the news or Google Assistant.
The one we have in hand is based on Android Launcher3 which is open source and that has been merged with decompiled sources from the Pixel Launcher. So we are facing a version very similar to the one that those who own the Google Pixel 2 XL can find; shortly we will have the Pixel 3 XL.
Really the Rootless Pixel Launcher it is a simple base software that allows other developers to incorporate new features to create their own. The only thing that has to use the original name of the Pixel Launcher package so that it can display the Google Now panel and the exclusive "At a Glance" functions. In this way we save having to install extra apps for it.
A launcher based on Android Oreo
The first thing one can think of by already having Android 9.1 Pie released in its developer versions, we may already have some new features. At the moment it is not like that, and it is not worth it for the developer, Amir Zaidi, to get his hands on it because there is no news.
Rootless Pixel Launcher already on Google Play Store is based on Android Oreo and when you install it, you will not be able to import the previous versions that you have of the "layout" of apps and others.
This launcher port can be installed from Android versions 5.0 or higher and it is characterized by the search bar at the bottom, wallpaper based on the theme selection, it offers support for regular icon packs as well as those Adaptive.
One of the exclusive features of the Rootless Pixel Launcher are the events, traffic information and weather in «At a Glance» and the Google Now feed on the left. In order to have them, after selecting the launcher, you will be asked to give permission for the installation of Rootless Pixel Bridge.
Get started with Rootless Pixel Launcher
Done this, already you will have all the recognized options of this launcher that is an exact copy in functions of the Google Pixel itself. An app launcher that focuses on these features and that offers a closer Android experience than some custom layers like those of Samsung or Xiaomi. Although it must be said that Samsung's own Experience has improved a lot for what it was.
Perhaps we would like some options to be given, such as being able to eliminate the lower search bar, since there are still many users who are not used to dealing with that space and have always had it for their most used apps. It does not have as much customization as Nova Launcher, the best third-party launcher for Android, but it does go straight to the point to offer its own user experience to distance itself from the rest.
As well has some bug than another as the widgets disappear when you restart the mobile and that can be quite annoying if we usually perform this action; It shouldn't be like that, since most Android phones today can go weeks without restarting them.
Un Rootless Pixel Launcher that hits the Google Play Store weeks after the Google Pixel 3 XL is launched by the great G. We will see if it adapts to the new version.
