Nova Launcher is one of the oldest Android launchers and maintains its youth thanks to constant updates, both official and beta. Nova Launcher’s latest betas are ahead Cool redesign that will be Nova Launcher 8.0.

We’ve already seen some changes in Nova Launcher 8.0, such as widgets with customizable colors, but the 8.0.8 beta lets us see a pretty radical change: cards in app drawer Google Assistant style.

Cards in app drawer

Nova Launcher is being prepared One of the most radical changes in history It’s on version 8.0 and best of all, we can follow it in beta if we don’t want to wait for the official launch.

Nova Launcher betas can be downloaded as APKs from their website and from the beta program on Google Play (although there is a slight delay here compared to the APK). The latest ones bring a rather interesting innovation: cards in app drawer.

These are optional and there are currently three– One card for the weather, one card for playing music and one card for a location on the map. Each needs to be configured to appear at a specific time. None of them will appear as standard.

For example, the media playback card will only be displayed while playing music and has almost the same style as the Pixel multimedia notification in the latest versions of Android. By integrating with Spotify, it can show us the next songs on the list, our playlists or previously played songs.

time card For its part, it can be shown when the weather is changing (for example, if it will suddenly rain) or at a specific time of day, and can choose the exact days of the week and time of each day. The card shows the current temperature and atmospheric condition. Tapping on it opens Accuweather in the browser.

We have the last one map cardIt will show us the location we specify on a small map, with the option to quickly start a route by car, walking or public transport. Another way to use this card is to show our home address when the work is done and start the return route with a touch.

All cards are disabled by default, but you can configure them and make them appear in the Nova Launcher 8.0.7 beta or later settings in the section. cards.

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