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Get a taste of Google Pixel with Rootless Launcher, now available in the Play Store
June 04, 2025
Popular launcher appRootless Pixel Launcheris now available for download from theGoogle Play Store. The app, which was previously only available as an APK, landed in the store yesterday, bringing the stock Pixel experience to phones withAndroid 5.0 Lollipopand up.
The launcher has proved popular among Android fans thanks to its neat integration of features from Google’s flagship handset series. It incorporates features from Lollipop through Oreo, including the“At a glance”widget,icon shape selection, andAdaptive Icons. you may find the full list of features on theofficial Github page.
There are some limitations with the Google Play version of the launcher, however. To access some Pixel features, like events and traffic information in the “At a glance” widget and the Google Now feed on the leftmost home screen, you’ll have to separately install an APK calledRootless Pixel Bridge. These are optional extras, though.
As forAndroid 9.0 Piehighlights, you won’t find any of these in the Rootless Launcher yet and it looks like you might not in the future; the developerhinted on Redditthat adopting Pie features could be tricky.
If you’d like a taste of Pixel aesthetics without root, direct from Google Play, now’s your chance. What’s your favorite launcher? Let me know in the comments.
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