Action Launcher v49 improves Android’s ugly home gesture animation
A new version of Action Launcher is rolling out today, and it includes a feature that might sound small: Transition home animations. This is actually a big deal for power users who’ve been putting up with jittery home animation ever since Google moved to gestures and screwed up custom launchers. The new adjustable animations are buttery smooth, and there’s a raft of other tweaks and improvements in Action Launcher v49.
Here’s the full changelog for the new update.
If you use your phone a lot, you probably look at the home animation hundreds of times per day. It’s a bummer when anything you see that much looks bad. In Action Launcher v49, you can choose between four different animations, none of which will be glitchy with gesture nav. You can also control when the animation plays, how fast it goes, and even how much it bounces.
The new version also makes changes to icons, adding support for adaptive icon packs, daily calendar icons, and a new icon for the app itself (see top). If you want to spruce up your home screen even more, there are new wallpapers in the app for supporters. You have to make an additional in-app purchase to become a 2022 supporter, though. The new version is rolling out in the Play Store today.
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