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by 0x1ch 152 days ago
My biggest issue with lawnchair (and most launchers really) is that they all are horribly glitchy on my Pixel 6, and also break the app drawer / switching feature.

I literally just want a vanilla pixel experience, but be allowed to change the search engine on the home screen searchbar... This got me into the weeds on the widget and launcher ecosystem and they're all very bad.
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JoshTriplett 152 days ago
I highly recommend Octopi Launcher. It's simple, has customization you might want without requiring it in order to be useful, and works great on various phones.

Also great on foldables, since it lets you have a different home screen for different display sizes.

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sweetbacon 152 days ago
This is very good to know! I am currently setting up my old pixel 6 to be a permanent Google home terminal. I was thinking about trying Lawnchair, now I'm not so sure.
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0x1ch 152 days ago
To be fair, this was probably six or so months ago when I last went through this. Niagra had the launcher / app switching issue, so did Lawnchair, even Nova Launcher (before I knew of what had happened to them). It could have been a general bug for all launchers except the OEM.
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AnonyX387 151 days ago
Haven't seen the app switching issues with Lawnchair for a long time, both on pixel 6 and pixel 9. So I think this might finally be resolved..
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