The tiles in this launcher aren't nearly as busy or animated as Windows Phone's Live Titles, for me that's a good thing. Today we're going to take a look at Tile Launcher Beta, a launcher that attempts to emulate the look-and-feel of Windows Phone 8's tile-based home screen. If you don't like it, or tire of it after a little while you should be able to change it. On Android, it's not difficult to refresh your experience just by installing a new launcher to give your device an entirely new feel. It’s also gone missing from the Google Play Store, but those who are interested can download the APK from the XDA Developers Forum.One of the complaints we have here at Pocketnow is how the iOS experience is getting someone 'stale.' Over time people may want to change the way their smartphone or tablet looks. It’s a handy little launcher if you happen to like the Windows Phone 8 UI, but Dave says that it’s still in beta so there may certainly be some bugs that need to be ironed out. He also used 1Tap Quick Bar to make the non-app tiles you see in the picture. As an added bonus, with WP8 Launcher you can mount any widget to a live tile, with Dave putting things like Alarm Clock Plus and Simple Calendar Widget right there on his home screen.

The image you see above is his personal home screen.Īs you can see, he made the tiles for Chrome, Facebook, and Gallery larger than the rest, as those are the apps he uses most.

WP8 Launcher was discovered by Lifehacker reader Dave, who said he had been on the lookout for a launcher that brings the UI of Windows Phone to the open platform that is Android. There doesn’t seem to be many differences between WP7 Launcher and WP8 Launcher, but this new version offers more customization options when it comes to the size and color of the tiles.

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