Typically, Nova Launcher has implemented features from every major update to Google’s operating system. Developers have us used to historically include new features in Nova Launcher, this being one of them, although it seems that more will come. Comparing with the past, it is like the gesture system in Android 10, which Nova Launcher had to put to great use to install a compatible feature.
New icon shapes in the Nova Launcher beta
Obviously, only the beta members they will be able to enjoy this novelty, so the final version will have to wait. Until now, in the “Adaptive Icons” section we found a way to change the design of the icons with the installation of packs, in addition to modifying their shapes in up to 5 different styles.
Now with Android 11 forms, it add another 3 designs, adding to the already round icons, squares, rounded squares, tears and square circles. In this way, the new designs arrive in the form of a flower, pebble, which refers to a rounded figure polished on the sides, and Vessel, shaped like a container. Less noticeably, but equally important, it also includes some changes and solutions to errors such as bugs or optimization problems.
How to participate in the Nova Launcher beta program
There is no link to the Play Store that takes us to download the beta from the store, but that matter is managed Nova Launcher from its own website. In this way, the new versions are hanging on the platform, with the changelog of what the update incorporates. From there we can download the files in APK formats.
But it is also that it has more tools to proceed to be part of the Nova Laucnher beta program. Therefore, it is necessary to follow a series of steps:
- First of all, you have to join the community on Discord Nova Launcher specific to its beta.
- Next, we must adhere to the beta tester program of the app, with a very simple process that almost always accepts.
- A notice will arrive that the beta will be installed on the terminal automatically depending on the settings of the Play Store, so it is advisable to have the APK installed just in case.
