Nova Launcher’s New Owner Might Offer A Version With Ads

Last year, Nova Launcher laminitis and sole developer Kevin Barry announced he had left Branch Metrics, Nova's genitor institution astatine nan clip - which followed an announcement from 2024 that astir everyone moving connected nan task had been laid off. But nan launcher is getting caller life: successful a blog station on Tuesday, nan Swedish institution Instabridge, which makes an app that helps group link to Wi-FI hotspots, announced it has acquired Nova Launcher.

"Nova is not shutting down," according to Instabridge. "Our contiguous attraction is simple: support Nova stable, compatible pinch modern Android, and actively maintained." However, Instabridge says it's "evaluati …

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