Sadly, my BlackBerry KEYone seems to have replaced the default Calendar app on Android, preventing me from testing this feature. Launcher 10 also comes with tiles for a pinned system Calendar, showing events. If you dive into Android's settings, you can block Launcher 10 from handling notifications for specific apps, too, giving you a degree of control over which apps show text and which don't.
You have the option of displaying notification content as Live tiles, which is useful for certain apps. You can even drag tiles on top of each other to create folders, just like on Windows 10 Mobile and Windows 10 PCs. Swipe right to access the app list, and then long press to pin apps to the home screen. The Photos tile, for example, will cycle through recent images, and the Contacts tile shows off that familiar scrolling display picture collage.Īs for customization, the home screen works exactly as you'd expect coming in from Windows Phone.You can long press to change the position and size of a tile or unpin it completely. The home screen works exactly as you'd expect coming in from Windows Phone.Īdditionally, some of the system apps, like Photos and Contacts, come with custom tile experiences that pull information from those apps to create a more Windows-like experience. You can pin apps as tiles on Launcher 10, and with a modest in-app purchase, you can unlock the ability to display notification text and counts directly on the tiles, which very closely mimics the functionality found in many Windows 10 Mobile apps, such as Twitter and Outlook. It's all business and no style, which is fine if that's what you're looking for, but I simply wanted something more.
It's just not as sexy as Windows 10 Mobile was. Redmond produces a very robust launcher, dubbed the Microsoft Launcher.
Some of them add special features and other improvements over Android's default home screen, bringing customizable app drawers, widgets, and other functionality. You can customize Android with home launchers, allowing you to tailor the functionality of the home screen to your desire. But if you yearn for a more "Windows 10-like" experience, there are options out there. I'm of the opinion that Android is by far the better option in this case, owing to the customizability of the OS for things like replacing the default smart assistant with Cortana, the default browser with Edge, and so on. The dream of a Windows-powered smartphone is effectively over, leaving many of us to make the difficult decision to jump to either iOS or Android.
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