Over the years, Nova Launcher has established itself as one of the best and most popular launchers on Android. But today, the famous launcher becomes the property of the Branch group. Are changes in direction to be expected following this takeover?
Nova Launcher has become a very popular launcher on Android. This is an app that offers the possibility of customizing its home screen according to your wishes, with many options available.
Nova Launcher acquired by Branch, what will change?
This Tuesday, July 19, the Nova Launcher company officially announced that it is joining the Branch group. If you have never heard this name until today, just remember that it is a data analysis company founded in 2014. Its mission is mainly to help companies and developers providing them with different tools and helping them solve some of their problems.
According to Kevin Barry, the creator of Nova Launcher, this acquisition will not affect the direction and development of its launcher. Cliff Wade, the current community manager, will also always be part of the project. Thus, Nova will continue to feed its application with new features, as it has always done so far. It also assures users that the options powered by Branch will remain entirely optional.
According to Kevin Barry’s first statements, everything leads us to believe that the union of Nova Launcher with Branch will obviously not influence Nova’s activity. At least, from the user’s point of view. Because, in fact, this collaboration will above all offer sharing of knowledge and feedback. Finally, Branch jointly announced that Sesame Search is also joining the company. As a reminder, Sesame is a universal search engine that integrates with Android and offers many personalized shortcuts.
Source : XDA Developers
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