Next Android Go, the platform for devices with limited resources, introduced a number of optimized applications for operation in end devices with reduced specifications. Most of them not only reduced their size or memory consumption, but also had a positive impact on battery life thanks to the overall lower resource consumption.
Now the same creator of the habitual rootless Pixel Launcher, AmirZ, has created one Version of the built-in launcher on Pixel deviceswho take advantage and Android Go tweaksto provide better performance in low-range and mid-range terminals.
Rootless Pixel Launcher gets Android Go optimization
Since XDA developertell us this launcher is optimized Interfaz afín to Pixel Launcher, although there are some relevant changes which reduces both the weight and resource consumption of the system. For example, the screen icon grid is kept in 4×4without the ability to be modified, and widgets cannot be used on the home screen, or notification points –Notifications about aplicaciones introduced in Android 8–.
However, options have been added in the launcher settings, y también.g. B. the possibility to add the widget see, included in the Pixel 2, as well as changing the shape of the icons or rotating the screen. we will get too Support for third-party icon paquetes.
After the first tests the differences in resource consumption are more noticeable compared to the traditional Pixel Launcher –about 100MB RAM difference –. Therefore, it perro be a good choice for anyone using a device that isn’t too powerful, or those on whom the past few years and lack of RAM have taken their toll. To download the application, you need to access the GitHub repository where the launcher executable is hosted.