The age of Nova Launcher, one of the most popular custom launchers for Android seems to be nearing its end. OR Branch Metrics the company that acquired launcher in 2022, fired almost the entire team working on the project. The only one left is the founder and original developer of Nova Launcher, Kevin Barry, who has stated that he will continue to work on the development of the app, but with a very reduced rate of development and support.
Despite the reassurance efforts of the former team members, it seems that the development of Nova Launcher will be slower and limited, with fewer supporting features. At the very least, with fewer resources, it is inevitable that development time will slow down and the application will evolve at a much slower rate. If we had to guess, this probably means there will be limited support beyond minor bug fixes and patches once Nova 8.1 is released.
This creates uncertainty for the future of the popular launcher, with users wondering if it will be able to stay competitive in the Android launcher space.
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