Mastodawn

"Contextual AI abilities, while nice, can give some users the ick. Based on your phone usage, Nova AI could theoretically anticipate your needs, but that means there would be a lot of combing through your usage and what you do on your device."

#NovaLauncher #AI

https://www.droid-life.com/2026/04/21/nova-launcher-ai-transformation-report/

Nova Launcher's Reported AI Transformation is Major Turnoff

Nova Launcher is one of, if not the greatest third-party launcher apps on Android. It recently came under new ownership this year by Instabridge, a Sweden-based technology company that works in the eSIM and WiFi hotspot space. When they took over, the company said, "Nova needs a sustainable...

Droid Life

NAB 🇬🇧🇪🇺🔶

20h ago

Riddle me this...
In #grapheneos, using #vanadium and #novalauncher, why when I add a shortcut to the home page does it work for
https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather
But when I try to add a shortcut to
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news
It adds a shortcut to
https://www.bbc.co.uk
instead?
And then why won't it let me edit the url the shortcut points to?

BBC Weather - Home

Latest weather conditions and forecasts for the UK and the world. Includes up to 14-days of hourly forecast information, warnings, maps, and the latest editorial analysis and videos from the BBC Weather Centre.

BBC Weather

Dźwiedziu 20h ago

Dear #novalauncher,

Fuck off

Insincerely
Me

#Android #slop #ai

Kenneth S. Cremeans (kcSeb)1d ago

Whelp, RIP #NovaLauncher -- You were amazing, but, all great things come to an end eventually. Trying out a few other alternative #Android launcher alternatives.

Suggestions are welcome! 👇🏻

Aljoscha Rittner (beandev)1d ago

Nova AI: Nova Launcher wird zur KI-App

https://www.golem.de/news/nova-ai-nova-launcher-wird-offenbar-zur-ki-app-2604-207800.html

> Der Nova Launcher für Android könnte in Zukunft stark auf die Integration von KI-Funktionen setzen. Wie Android Authority anhand zahlreicher Codezeilen in der neuen Betaversion herausgefunden hat, plant der neue Besitzer Instabridge, einen KI-Assistenten sowie ein neues Abo einzuführen.

Schon lange deinstalliert und nun auch keine Motivation mehr, zurückzukehren.

#launcher #Android #AI #NovaLauncher

Nova AI: Nova Launcher wird offenbar zur KI-App - Golem.de

Die neuen Besitzer des Nova Launcher wollen die App offenbar um KI-Funktionen ergänzen - und machen sich damit bei Fans keine Freunde.

Golem.de

Dave Robinson 1d ago

Oh no… the #NovaLauncher on my #Android phone has been "infected" with #AI, without bothering to ask me whether I wanted it. Time to find an alternative, I think.