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Omega Launcher, a free, highly customizable and open source launcher

When looking for a launcher for Android, the same names always come up: Nova, Action Launcher, Lawnchair and company. If none of them satisfy you, you can try Omega Launcher, a highly customizable Lawnchair-based open source launcher and functional, despite not having reached version 1.0 yet.

For a virtually unknown launcher, Omega Launcher includes everything we would expect in a launcher and something else, with a lot of customization options so you can leave it exactly how you like it.

A young and customizable launcher

If you are looking for a new launcher for your mobile and you’re tired of the usual suspects, Omega Launcher is an option to consider. Of course, you will not find it on Google Play, so you must install it by downloading its APK, available both on Github and on the official Telegram channel.

Omega Launcher is totally free, open source and it is based on the code of the great Lawnchair launcher, from which it inherits appearance and functions, on which some extras are added on top. This means that it starts from the foundation of a very capable launcher, with everything we expect in a launcher, including a modern look and good performance.

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Omega Launcher includes a good number of customization options, in which you can adjust its appearance and operation. For example, you can sort the app drawer according to five different concepts, including the color of the icons. All this in addition to adjusting rows and columns, the size of the icons and the possibility of adding a row of suggestions at the top, among others.

It is also possible integrate the launcher with the Google application (or others), as well as configuring the default search engine, with a large number of options available. The customization also applies to the dock, where you can add up to nine icons, and to the desktop, where you can enable the widget overlay.

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Omega Launcher supports dark mode and allows you to create a simple theme by choosing a color. The icons can also be to your liking, both by installing an icon pack and choosing the shape. There are not as many shapes available as in Nova (six in total), but you can choose to replace the white background color of the generated icons.

Omega Launcher includes a single widget of its own, with which you can launch specific actions. One of these actions can be to launch Dash, a quick action panel overlaid on the screen, customizable, with which you can have some settings always at hand.

Dash

Dash and notification point settings

Nor is the gesture support, with which you can assign actions such as putting the mobile to sleep, opening a specific application or displaying notifications to gestures such as a double tap or several swipes.

Omega Launcher is still a “young” launcher, especially when compared to heavyweights like Nova Launcher, so some new features are still planned for future versions, and there may be some problems. However, it is quite stable and everything fundamental is there. Unless you prefer the horizontal scrolling app drawer, which isn’t ready yet.

Omega Launcher

Omega Launcher

  • Developer: Saul Henriquez
  • Download it at: Izzisoft
  • Price: Free
  • Category: Personalization

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