Nova Launcher is still running strong in the Android Community, and yesterday the team updated their precious launcher to version 3.0 beta 1. Today they added beta 2 to the list, and it brings in some new features and of course enhancements.
- Subgrid positioning.
- Snap widgets/icons to half cells.
- Greater control of placement/size without shrinking/cropping app icons.
- Custom label colors (desktop, dock, drawer).
- Individual drawer tab colors (tap on the tab and select Edit).
- New tab style Colorblock.
- Vertical drawer scrolls under transparent navbar.
- Backup/Restore using Kitkat’s Document Provider (supports ext-sdcard, Drive, Box, etc).
- Full 4×1 widget support in dock.
- Individually toggle widget padding (long-press on widget and select Padding).
- Nova Action for First Item In Folder (Use with swipe/tap action of folders).
- Honeycomb style persistent searchbar available on phones.
- Slight visual refresh (settings screen, menu icon, color picker)
Nova Launcher becomes that much more customizable. To get the beta version of this update, go into your Nova settings and click “check updates”. Make sure you check the beta updates to get it, and you will be able to download the apk. Let us know how you like it.
