Nova Launcher has been one of the best Android launchers since the days when Google Play was still called the Android Market, but it has definitely not maintained its top launcher status by resting on its laurels.
While competitors like Action Launcher and Smart Launcher 5 have released major revisions in recent years, Nova has been waiting for the right time to rewrite the launcher with a new code base and improved functionality.
That moment came earlier this year when Nova Launcher announced that it was writing and testing Nova Launcher 7, a complete rewrite of Nova Launcher based on Launcher3 instead of Launcher2 and a series of new features. Seven months later, we can finally say goodbye to manual updates and test Nova 7 directly via Google Play.
