It’s inevitable, but Microsoft Launcher also pushes you towards using Bing rather than Google by default.
How it can be improved: The Windows 10 look isn’t for everyone and it can sometimes be quite jarring when viewed alongside the Material Design of Google’s apps. The launcher is also one of the fastest we tested and it supports a wide range of gestures to help you get around your phone even faster. Long-press Photos or Document from the Recent Activities window, for example, and you can open them instantly on your Windows 10 PC. Microsoft's done plenty of work to make sure that Launcher doesn’t just look like Windows 10, but also offers continuity between your phone and PC. There are also options to enable vertical scrolling (rather than swiping left to right) on the homescreens, and it lets you display unread counts and hide apps you don’t want.
For starters, it automatically selects an attractive new Bing wallpaper every day, and you can also change the theme and app icons. There are plenty of ways you can change how Microsoft Launcher looks and feels. The app drawer also shows handy shortcuts to new and recently used apps, giving you another way of quickly finding what you want. Like Nova and Evie launcher, you can arrange your favourite apps and widgets on the homescreens however you want, and there’s a search bar to help you find apps and contacts, as well as for searching the web.
There’s also a handy ‘Recent activities’ card, showing recent photographs, messages, phone calls and more. Swipe right from the homescreen and you’ll find cards for everything you use on a daily basis, including ‘Frequently used apps’, ‘People’, ‘Calendar’ and ‘News’.
The launcher’s standout feature is its Feed tool. What we liked: Microsoft Launcher represents the easiest way to bring the familiarity of Windows 10 to your Android phone, and we’re so impressed by it that we’ve awarded it the title 'Best all-round launcher'.
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