Before Launcher Review – Minimal Launcher for Android

Before Launcher Review – Minimal Launcher for Android. Standard launchers of modern smartphones are already tired of many . In addition, they are too overloaded and lead to an obvious dependence. I began to notice that I can no longer spend even 10 minutes without a gadget in my hands, and shell interfaces also play a significant role in this. Before Launcher should fix the situation because it offers a minimalistic interface that limits the user from unnecessary content.

By unnecessary content, I also mean notifications that distract the user from work. How to deal with this? Previously, Google introduced the “Digital Wellbeing” feature, which fixes the situation with dependence on specific applications, but does not affect the interaction directly with the phone interface. We can not use applications, but at the same time admire the wallpaper on the desktop. And this addiction has become the norm for many smartphone users.

Before Laucnher offers a minimalistic interface divided into three areas. The central screen displays up to 8 main applications, if you swipe to the right, a window with important notifications will open, if you swipe to the left, you will see a list of all applications. Let’s look at each section separately.

On the main screen, as mentioned above, you can add up to 8 applications, they are displayed not as icons, but as inscriptions, so as not to distract the user and not provoke him. A variety of colors that differ from black and white provoke the user, so this decision looks correct and logical.

The button with a plus at the bottom opens a menu with applications, a circle is displayed next to each, by clicking on which the selected application will appear on the main screen and become the main one. You can also change the order of applications on the main screen, just drag the area with the name of the application and the drag-n-drop function is activated.

Now let’s move on to notifications. They are located in the left section. When you open it for the first time, the launcher offers to set up important applications, it is their notifications that will notify the user with sound and vibration, all the rest will only appear in this area and will not notify the user in any way. This is done in order not to distract a person from important matters with unnecessary sounds. However, for some reason, notifications do not work at all on my Xiaomi.

The menu with a list of all applications is located at the very right of the screen and displays recently used applications at the top in a separate list. There is a search button at the bottom.

In the launcher settings, you can go to system settings, activate notification filtering, enable the Do Not Disturb function, from here you can also select applications whose notifications will not be filtered. In the settings, you can also choose a background color, activate Incognito mode, clear the application usage history, and set a standard launcher. Anything more is not needed.

This, perhaps, is all the possibilities of this launcher. They are small, but that’s the beauty of Before Launcher. Owners of phones with AMOLED screens can activate a black background, in which case the battery consumption will be minimal, because the interface itself is minimalistic, and nothing is displayed here except text. In addition, I want to note that the application practically does not consume RAM. At least I didn’t notice the expense.

. The launcher seemed to me optimal in terms of getting minimal features from the phone. You will not be distracted by unnecessary notifications, you will not be disturbed by a colorful interface and juicy application icons. Everything is done in order to reduce the dependence on the smartphone, and in my opinion, the application does an excellent job with this.Application: Minimalist launcher for focus | 

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