New Delhi, Sept. 8 -- Nova launcher, arguably the most popular third-party launcher on Android, is officially shutting down and leading to an outpour of support for the app on social media.

Nova's founder and original developer, Kevin Barry, made the annoucement about Nova shutting down in a blogpost on 6 September. Barry noted that he had left Branch, the owner of Nova launcher that acquired the app in 2022.

Since been acquired by Branch, Nova Launcher first offered deep user analytics powered experimental features. Howeveer, the company eventually seemed to have lost faith in the app with over hundred employees being laid off from the team by 2024, leaving Barry as the sole developer, Android Authority reported.

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