5 Android KitKat Features Up For Grabs Right Now


#4 Google Experience Launcher

The Google Experience Launcher UI is quite similar to the previous versions of stock Android. There’s the omnipresent Google search bar at the top of every page, and a 4×4 page layout to add apps and widgets. There’s also a dock at the bottom, with the app drawer shortcut in the middle and four slots for you to customize and add your most used apps. And then gone is the fixed and sometimes annoying five home page layout, instead KitKat offers an unlimited amount of pages to add or delete while swiping to the right. If you swipe to the left, you’ll be greeted by the card layout of Google Now and you can just say "OK Google" to the screen for the search service to come to life.

To get the feel of stock KitKat launcher, you need to install three different APKs— the updated search app titled “Velvet”, the actual launcher app and the updated Play Services app. To get it follow (forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2506488) thread on XDA developers.

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