Microsoft Launcher

Mini M&Ms

The launcher is very good, my favorite and one I've used. The only problem is the notifications. Whenever I clear my notifications in the menu by pulling the screen down. It makes the red dots on apps disappear. I only have a problem with this because sometimes it glitches and I don't get every notification. So I end up replying late or seeing something late because of the notifications. I also saw someone else comment the same thing. I might switch launchers soon, if the problem isnt resolved

Kevin Fitzgerald

I've been using the launcher for about a year without any issues, but a recent update broke something. You no longer get notification dots on app icons. I've checked everything but it just doesn't work. In particular, I liked getting the dots on the Microsoft Outlook app. I switched to another launcher and the dots work as expected. Too bad because the MS launcher was an overall decent app.

Master Blaster

An excellent Launcher that isn't too bloated with a crazy amount of "bells & whistles" and no ads. Integrates nicely with other MS apps and environment. Give it a try. I did and this is now what I use. Only one thing: I wish I could remove the "Search Bar" as I never use them or like them taking up precious real estate. LG V20, V30, V40.

Andre'a Thomas

Really like having access to Google News. Microsoft's works better on a laptop than a phone. Some apps don't recognize the microsoft launcher. Had trouble when I changed phones and tried to use a few apps I had on the previous phone. Disappointed with the lack of creative and personalization features. Like organizing the apps and having colors for the envelopes.

Mark McCullough

There was a patch at the end of May that fixed widgets not updating and some graphical issues. A few weeks later, they released a bug fix and unfortunately, the widgets no longer update again. My music app widget (Samsung music and Spotify both) shows the last song that was playing when I opened the app. It can play for 20 hours and will still show only that first song. Even if the music is stopped, it will show the pause icon. Please fix widgets again or undo what went into the June patch

Pradeep Prakash

****** I cannot provide screenshots as this is work profile device****. 06/30: Still not fixed, issue persistent after two updates!! But you can add outlook calendar widget and it blanks out. While the same widget is fine in Samsung UI. In Microsoft launcher, I see this issue, the widget is present, but it's blank. Recent update has broken calendar widget for work profile. One or the other thing keeps breaking when updates come. Utterly distasteful, forced to use this because of company policy!

Nostalgia! 533

It's a great launcher and all but I would surely recommend to let us use third-party news feeds like Google News or other ones, and some of my apps are stored in an SD card in my phone and after a restart it takes time for them to load back in but the Microsoft launcher does not remember where they were so they just disappear from the home screen, and the icons are very small in landscape that's really about all the problems I have with it.

Nigel Freeman

I like the optimisation features of the launcher, but the one annoying thing is that the badges or even notification dots are not working with Outlook on my new android phone. This worked fine on my previous android phone. This is really something I need working, I have spent hours uninstalling re installing, clear cache and changing notification settings, the dot works (No numbers) with the pre installed launcher so now at a loss.

Jonathan Yi

Don't really have any opinion about Microsoft branded launcher( 50M downloads ). Microsoft intended to do more than just launching the apps & providing app drawer. It asked for at least 7 permissions. Google of course didn't grant anything ( seems typical with other launchers too ). Only thing that is bothersome, if not the launcher itself, perhaps Bing or Start etc, one of the Microsoft branded app is changing the wallpapers. Used to own like 5 PCs any given time, but now it's all Smartphones.