Nova Launcher could soon introduce Nova AI, a built-in AI assistant complete with a chatbot, and a new Nova Plus subscription tier

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    3 days ago

    OK, so I don’t recommend this often, but there is a FOSS option closer to Nova than Lawnchair. It’s called Neo Launcher: https://github.com/neoapplications/neo-launcher

    It may be worth a shot, I ran the release on GitHub for about a year. I stopped because the devs are doing this brainrot thing of putting releases as beta in their Discord, so the release file on GitHub is old. I hate that practice so much that I stopped recommending it, even though it’s a slightly better launcher with more options IMO.

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      3 days ago

      I appreciate the recommendation, however, I can’t support any dev who uses Discord for releases/support. I’m doing what I can to move friends and family once a viable alternative is available. I know a bunch were being recommended a couple of weeks ago, but I need 80%+ feature parity and simple a install and use flow before most will consider it.

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        3 days ago

        Yup, totally get it, it’s why I don’t use it. I have Lawnchair’s GitHub URL added into Obtainium, so it’s as simple as Play Store for updates.