Up until now, you will not be able to install HTC’s Sense Home on non-HTC phones, but now HTC made it available on all non-HTC phones running on Android 4.4 KitKat and above. HTC Sense Home 8 comes with HTC’s new ‘Freestyle Layout’, which brings highest level of customization for you with stickers.

HTC Sense Home 8 offers HTC’s BlinkFeed (news aggregator for home screen), custom themes, themes, ringtones, sound and freestyle layout for non-HTC phones. Currently in Beta, the Sense Home launcher works well on almost all phones. It is fast, clean and the Freestyle Layout’ will give you a unique look to your phone.

The highlighted features of HTC Sense Home 8 for non-HTC phones are BlinkFeed and Freestyle Layout. BlinkFeed brings your favorite content from news feeds and from your social media pages (Facebook, Twitter, Google+, etc.) to your phone’s home screen, while Freestyle Layout lets you personalize the home screen. For example, you can assign app shortcuts to various stickers, as well as hide the app labels completely and have beautiful shortcuts that blend into the background.

Download and Install HTC Sense Home 8 on Non-HTC Phone

1. Download the APK of HTC Sense Home 8 (Beta) from APK Mirror [HERE] on your phone and install it (enable Unknown source option in Settings menu to install the apk file)

2. Once installed, run Sense Home and make it default launcher.

3. To enable BlinkFeed, swipe right and add required content.

4. To install theme, add icons, wallpaper and sound, long press on the Home screen, choose ‘Theme’ and then download and apply required one

(You need to sign in with your HTC, Google+ or Facebook account to download themes)

5. To activate Freestyle Layout, tap ‘Theme’ > tap Edit (pencil icon) > Home screen layout > Freestyle layout.

HTC Sense Home 8 is fast, simple and unique with custom themes, wallpapers, icon pack, sound, BlinkFeed, Freestyle layout, etc.