This week’s update of Niagara Launcher feature’s three small but powerful time savers:

1. Google Play button in search

If you noticed you haven’t even installed the app you searched for, you can quickly switch to Google Play (or any other Android app market) and download it.

2. Recently installed apps section

One day later after the download you may not used the app often enough to remember its name. Again, Niagara’s search to the rescue: Apps you downloaded up to three days ago immediately appear.

3. Desaturate disabled apps (e.g. because of Digital Wellbeing)

Since Android 9, Digital Wellbeing tools assist you in keeping focused:

Personally, I find “Focus mode” a great help (requires Android 10). When enabled, it will deactivate all apps you marked as distractions.

These features were added in v0.12.0. If this version is not on Google Play (ETA: Jan 21) yet, you can download the alpha from GitHub:

Have a great week 👋

PS Niagara Launcher’s release cycle has been adjusted to keep the launcher as bug-free as possible. New additions will be released every two weeks. In between I’m squashing bugs. I’m very sorry for the longer wait, but I see this as a necessary step to keep Niagara Launcher healthy.