Just got a new work phone: Galaxy S22. Wanted a pixel but it was out of stock in our internal allocation. Already tired of samsung’s UI and interested in something new.

So what do you like? Bonus points if it works with android enterprise’s profile mode dual app drawers.

  • Jelloeater@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    1 year ago

    I absolutely love Nova Launcher Pro. Easy to get to what I need. Also integrates with sesame and Delta icon pack.

  • win98@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    I’ve been using nova launcher prime since forever. Make a backup on my old phone when getting a new one, and import it on the new phone.

      • Someology@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        :( I used Nova Prime for many years, and I don’t like this one bit. I hope that the devs got a good payout, and best wishes to them, but it makes me uncomfortable. Luckily, while it’s definitely no Nova, Samsung’s launcher has finally on the most recent version gotten to a point of usability. Everything is more awkward to do, and you have to install extra Samsung apps (Good Lock with applets) for a lot of the customization, but most of my favorite features from Nova are finally there. So, for the first time in many years, I’m running the Samsung default OneUI 5.1.

          • Someology@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            1 year ago

            Yes, I do think they are, but by choosing a Samsung smartphone, I’ve already decided to be OK with that on some level. I turn off features that connect to outside companies for the most part, and I’ve chosen to believe that Samsung does what it claims with the settings that users have available to them on the phone. It doesn’t mean that I’m just fine with handing everything over to any other random company. Some claims are made that Branch powers the Finder (search) function on Samsung phones, but this Finder Customization Service is a feature you can disable on a Samsung Galaxy phone. You can also turn off search suggestions for Finder. You can disable Google and Samsung’s browsers and Internet searches as well. I am the sort of user who checks permissions of apps before downloading them (and disables everything I don’t use), and I don’t want my launcher (which I paid for) on a device I paid a not small sum of money for, to send every single tap back to a marketing firm directly.

  • wilberfan@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    1 year ago

    NOVA. Every single time I’ve tried an alternate launcher, I always return to NOVA within 24 hours.

  • nos@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    Niagra Launcher, by far. It has totally changed the way I used my phone in a speedy way.

      • WIPocket@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        I am on GrapheneOS, based on Android 13, on a 64-bit only CPU. It is available. You might need to download it from F-Droid, I have no clue about whether the Play Store version is downloadable, as it isnt too actively maintained.

  • teapot@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    KISS Launcher for me. Minimal UI so you can see your wallpaper, decent search and open source. I’m surprised there aren’t more mentions of it here actually.

    • ElectroVagrant@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Gave it a try and I can see the appeal, but for me the lackluster widget support/customization is a bummer.

      I like having a clock widget with two other wildly different timezone clocks shown on my home screen beneath my timezone (makes it easier to know when things in those places are happening in my timezone), and it doesn’t support displaying the clock widget that way so far as I could tell.

  • Gerowen@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    I’m using CalyxOS’s default launcher, but on regular Android I pretty much always use Nova launcher.

  • pakhrom@vlemmy.netEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    I used Niagara Launcher, but it’s not free, so I moved to Lawnchair 12.1. I also really like Kvaesitso launcher