{"id":2152,"date":"2026-01-21T00:55:04","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T20:55:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/nova-launchers-new-owner-might-offer-a-version-with-ads\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T00:55:04","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T20:55:04","slug":"nova-launchers-new-owner-might-offer-a-version-with-ads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/nova-launchers-new-owner-might-offer-a-version-with-ads\/","title":{"rendered":"Nova Launcher\u2019s new owner might offer a version with ads"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Last year, Nova Launcher founder and sole developer Kevin Barry announced he had left<\/a> Branch Metrics, Nova’s parent company at the time – which followed an announcement from 2024 that nearly everyone working on the project had been laid off<\/a>. But the launcher is getting new life: in a blog post on Tuesday<\/a>, the Swedish company Instabridge, which makes an app that helps people connect to Wi-FI hotspots, announced it has acquired Nova Launcher.<\/p>\n

\u00ab\u00a0Nova is not shutting down,\u00a0\u00bb according to Instabridge. \u00ab\u00a0Our immediate focus is simple: keep Nova stable, compatible with modern Android, and actively maintained.\u00a0\u00bb However, Instabridge says it’s \u00ab\u00a0evaluati \u2026<\/p>\n

Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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