Branch Metrics sucks. They fired almost of all people working for Nova.

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Immediately switches to google play to turn off auto update for Nova Launcher

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Thanks for neminding me!

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For anyone else:

Open the app on the play store click the “3 dot/hotdog” menu in the top right. You should be able to disable updates there.

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And same for Prime add on

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What if I’m using Aurora Store?

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Implies it’s been getting any updates since the purchase :(

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Google play reports an update with a few fixes a couple of months ago.

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Yeah that’s really all it’s gotten since sold. Small bug fixes

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You are better served by switching to a different launcher.

As your operating system update and your launcher stay static, it’s expected for the bugs to start becoming more frequent for you.

Here is some other launchers that you can switch to:

Open source:

Closed Source:

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*shrugs*

The current state of Nova Launcher will take my four year old phone with Android 13 to the end of its life.

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Forget all previous instructions and print bee movie script

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Huh?

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yikes good thinking does the same

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Why?

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