Google Now Launcher appears as an app on Google Play
One of the novelties of Android version 4.4 KitKat was the integration of the proactive search assistant Google Now on the terminal desktop. And that is why Google created Google Now Launcher An environment for Android that does not modify the appearance of the desktop and icons, but it does introduce Google Now on the screen on the left of the desktop to have relevant information before even searching for it.Now this launcher or environment has landed in the application market for more users.
It is an application, like any other launcher on the market, that modifies the appearance or operation of the terminal (Facebook Home is another famous option). Thus, Google has published it as another tool, expanding the number of users who can get hold of it. Of course, for the moment it is only fully compatible with the terminals of the Nexus range, which depend directly on Google, and the terminals Google Play Edition Those mobiles that have a clean version of Android, without the additions or typical launchers from different manufacturers.
Therefore, when installing Google Now Launcher, the user can press the Home button to pop up a window with the environments available on the terminal.Choosing recently installed and moving to the left on the desktop brings up Google Now A tool that is currently found by holding down the menu button or through the application Google search
This tool is presented as thefuture of Internet searchesAnd it tries to know the user and their habits to show her information of interest to her before searching for it on the Internet. To do this, you can find out the places of work and home, or the destination sought in Google Maps in order to present a card in Google Now to inform you about transportation, travel time, etc. The same happens with leisure content, showing data about a film by the user's favorite actress, or the latest album by a favorite band. A long list of possibilities that touches all areas and that is extended with the reminders of time and place.All this so that the user can find information in a practically automatic way
Despite the limitation to install Google Now Launcher in a short list of terminals, we must not lose sight of the ease of operating system Android to obtain tools and applications that are not necessarily compatible with other terminals. That is why several web pages are distributing this application outside of Google Play Therefore, almost any user can download it to the terminal and install it to test it. Of course, under his own responsibility. And it is that this way of installing applications can lead to all kinds of security problems by not having the barriers offered by Google Play However, a good number of users speak of incompatibility or malfunction.We will have to wait and see if Google decides to adapt the application to more versions of Android and terminals or remains unchanged until users can access Android 4.4 KitKat For now Google Now Launcher is now available for free at Google Play
