New Launcher 7 finally in a stable version. The update brings several new features

You can customize the look and functionality of your Android home screen in various ways, including using a new launcher. One of the most popular is the well-known Nova Launcher, which receives a new update after a long time. According to the Android Police portal, the Nova7 version is based on the latest Android Open Source Project launcher code and comes with new animations as well as several functions.

Nova Launcher 7: Ability to add a weather icon to the search bar or change the rounding of gadget corners

Of the new features, the new version includes the ability to add a weather icon to the search bar and manually change the location along with the temperature unit. Also, you can now change the rounding of the corners of your gadgets to suit the style of the upcoming Android 12 system.

One small change was also given to the customization of icons, now you can set the forced conversion of icons for each of them separately. There is also a new pull-down gesture that can launch any launcher setup, application or shortcut.

When it comes to visual changes, unless you’re a graphic designer or a person with a sense of detail, you’ll probably miss the new design. These are mainly new animations and minor modernizations of the current design.

Complete list of changes

• A new look based on the latest Android Open Source Project launcher code
• Ability to add a weather icon to the search bar
• Improved search
• Ability to set forced conversion for each icon separately
• Ability to add work applications to their own tab
• Ability to change the rounding of the corners of the gadget

The transition to the new code has been lengthy, but will bring faster introduction of new features in the future.

Nova7 was beta tested for eight months. At first glance, this may seem like too long to test for minor changes. However, the intent of this update was to convert the entire application to new code, which will accelerate the introduction of new features in the future.