Z Launcher

Z Launcher is an application launcher for Android, created by Nokia. The interface adapts to the user's habitations by predicting six apps, contact actions or web links the user is most likely going to use, depending factors such as time of day, location, and past user behavior and then displays them on the homescreen and changing them when necessary. It also allows the user to scribble a letter on the home screen to launch apps.[1][2]

Z Launcher
Developer(s)Nokia
Initial releaseJune 19, 2014 (2014-06-19)
Operating systemAndroid
TypeGraphical user interface

The launcher was first announced in June 2014, shortly after the sale of Nokia's mobile phone division to Microsoft. It was on Google Play but updates were halted in 2016[3] and it was removed from the Google Play Store in 2018.

In November 2014 Nokia announced the N1 tablet for the Chinese market, which comes with Z Launcher as default.[4]

Reception

Z Launcher has been highly praised as one of Android's best launchers.[5] A Pocket Lint review said it is "fun and different" compared to other launchers,[6] whereas BGR called it "shockingly innovative".[7]

gollark: I have a better implementation which is nicer to the server. It uses a program on my laptop which connects to the websocket and `espeak`s commands to me.
gollark: Why is Spotify not on Opus? Opus good, after all.
gollark: Of course. Religions can extract gold from people magically; you don't want that going to anyone else.
gollark: They can be tailored to your exact requirements. Very convenient.
gollark: I only follow religions which I procedurally generated via GPTs.

See also

References
  1. "Hands on with the Nokia Z Launcher". 19 June 2014.
  2. cpbotha, Author (4 January 2016). "Z Launcher: A breath of fresh air in the world of Android".
  3. "Nokia: Z Launcher remains in beta. No updates planned right now". 19 January 2017.
  4. "Nokia N1 review - too good for the UK?".
  5. "Review- Z Launcher for Android by Nokia - Gravis Ludus". gravisludus.com.
  6. "Z Launcher Beta for Android: Nokia may be onto a winner - Pocket-lint". www.pocket-lint.com.
  7. Epstein, Zach (19 June 2014). "Nokia reborn: Nokia's new Android launcher is wonderfully simple and shockingly innovative".
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