Niagara News

Niagara Launcher v1.16.22 · Minor Update 🔤 Niagara Next: Introduce New Default Typeface As part of our Niagara Next UI refresh, this update introduces a new typeface used throughout Niagara Launcher. The new typeface has a more lightweight look and goes hand in hand with the refreshed color palette we introduced in the last update. 🥶 Prevent Homescreen From Freezing Due to an Android bug that affects all third-party launchers, Niagara Launcher sometimes appeared frozen when returning to the homescreen. Vincenzo from Smart Launcher found a workaround for the issue and was very kind to share it with us. Thank you very much! Please let us know over on our feedback board if you still experience the issue from now on. ⌨️ Optimize Type-to-Search with Hardware Keyboards In preparation for Niagara Launcher on the Clicks Communicator, we polished the search feature a bit. Previously, due to some complications with the Android API, key presses were sometimes not processed correctly. This is now fixed, so searching on a device with a hardware keyboard should now work without any hiccups. 🌍 Update Translations Something else that should feel smoother with this update is the text throughout the app (at least if you're using Niagara Launcher in a language that's not English). This is thanks to our translation community, who submitted new and improved translations over the last week. Is there still something in your language that isn't translated yet, or a phrase you'd word differently? Join our project on Crowdin and submit new translations or vote for existing ones!

⏭️ Introducing Niagara Next Ten years ago I started building Niagara Launcher in my parents' basement. Today my great team and I are working on an overdue UI overhaul, which we call Niagara Next. Instead of dropping a finished redesign on you all at once, we're building it piece by piece and would love to hear what you think along the way. 🎨 ...Starting With Our Niagara Next Color Palette With our new Niagara Next color palette, Niagara Launcher looks a bit more colorful and adapts better to your wallpaper. The ideas are inspired by Android's Material 3 Expressive, but where Material You looks and behaves a little differently on every manufacturer's device, Niagara Next is the same everywhere and fine-tuned for our own UI. Thank you for being with us for all these years :) – Peter

Niagara Launcher v1.16.20 · Hotfix Patch ⏭️ Fix Onboarding Sometimes Not Advancing After Niagara Launcher Gets Set as the Default Launcher

Niagara Launcher v1.16.19 · Minor Patch 🌍 Update Translations This week's update fixes some smaller bugs and tweaks the app's onboarding, so as an existing user, you're unlikely to notice anything different from a functionality perspective. However, some texts in the app changed thanks to our translation community on Crowdin! If you also want to improve Niagara Launcher by submitting new translations or by rating existing ones, click here to get started!

Niagara Launcher v1.16.18 · Minor Patch 🌍 Update Translations Most functionality changes in this release affect the app's onboarding, so as an existing user, you're unlikely to be affected by them. What you could notice, however, are some translation changes brought to you by our translation community on Crowdin. Thanks to everyone who contributed! If you also want to help translate Niagara Launcher into a language you're proficient in, click here to get started!

Niagara Launcher v1.16.17 · Hotfix Patch 🚑 Fix Rare Crash if App Goes Into Background During Onboarding

Niagara Launcher v1.16.16 · Minor Patch 🤫 Rework Analytics Settings Into Privacy Settings The previous analytics settings have been revamped into the new Privacy Settings, which you can find under Niagara Settings > Advanced > Privacy Settings. As part of this overhaul, there are now more granular controls for different types of analytics and explanations of how they are used. 🌍 Update Translations As usual, this week's update contains some refined translations contributed by our Crowdin community. Thank you very much! If you'd also like to contribute to Niagara Launcher's translations, click here to learn how to get started.

Niagara Launcher v1.16.15 · Minor Patch 🌄 Increase Minimum Supported Android Version to 8 ("Oreo") Until today, Niagara Launcher supported Android versions all the way down to Android 5, originally released back in 2014. It has gotten increasingly difficult to support such old versions, so we're now requiring at least Android 8. This allows us to spend more time on new functionality instead of working around limitations of old versions. Devices running Android 5 to 7 will no longer receive updates, though Niagara Launcher will continue working on these devices with full functionality until at least January 2027. You can read more about our Android version support policy in our help article. 🌍 Update Translations As usual, our translators have been hard at work translating Niagara Launcher into new languages and tweaking existing translations. Is your language not yet translated, or did you notice a translation that's incorrect? Join our Crowdin project if you'd like to help out.

Niagara Launcher v1.16.14 · Minor Patch 👀 Restructured Feature Settings Screen for All Languages We have restructured, flattened, and polished the feature settings (Niagara settings > Features) for English users a while back. Now that everything is translated, we are rolling those changes out to everyone. You can find the polished screen with productivity-related settings in a neat and sectioned list in Niagara settings > Productivity. 🌍 Updated translations Even though we just released an update yesterday, there were already more translation updates. Thanks to everyone who contributed! Join our Crowdin project if you'd like to participate in translating the app.

Niagara Launcher v1.16.13 · Hotfix Patch 🚑 Fix Scrollbar Disappearing and Not Responding Our last update introduced a bug that could make the alphabet scrollbar stop responding and disappear entirely, for example after rotating your device or returning to Niagara Launcher after it was in the background for a while. This has been fixed, so you can happily scroll through all of your apps again.