Yahoo Aviate, Yea or Nay?

[A895]

Its a Yea for me. How do you feel about the new Aviate update?

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[TOTtomdora]

I'm still waiting to get in.

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[sweeperdk]

I'm still waiting to get in.

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There shouldn't be any wait anymore, as it's out of beta today.

I'm on the fence with this one... I used it loads during beta, and absolutely loved it.

The changes that have been implemented in the final version will take some getting used to for me...

Also... A bit buggy... It won't register that I'm home or at work, it won't register my correct placement when looking at weather under "Today"(not even the same country).

So I'm not sure if I'll stick with it... Will give it a couple of days and decide.

 

[TOTtomdora]

There shouldn't be any wait anymore, as it's out of beta today.

I'm on the fence with this one... I used it loads during beta, and absolutely loved it.

The changes that have been implemented in the final version will take some getting used to for me...

Also... A bit buggy... It won't register that I'm home or at work, it won't register my correct placement when looking at weather under "Today"(not even the same country).

So I'm not sure if I'll stick with it... Will give it a couple of days and decide.

Ah. Thank you for the tip! I'll have to play around with it to see if I like it or not.
Right now I'm really confused by everything so I don't know.

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[nessinhaw]

the amount of permissions requested by this launcher scares me o_o

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[A895]

the amount of permissions requested by this launcher scares me o_o

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You do know what Aviate does right? It is a predicative launcher, the permissions makes sense and this is from Yahoo, so it's trustworthy.

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[Almeuit]

I'll stick with Nova.

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[A895]

I'll stick with Nova.

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I like Nova, but I like having to do less with my launcher even more.

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[Almeuit]

I like Nova, but I like having to do less with my launcher even more.

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Do less? I set it up once.. Backed it up.. And done . New phone? Install and restore.

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[A895]

Do less? I set it up once.. Backed it up.. And done . New phone? Install and restore.

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True, but I like Aviates simpler interface, especially with the weather and news integrated directly into the launcher.

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[ekyle]

I used it for a little while but it seemed to be hitting my battery rather hard...

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[A895]

I used it for a little while but it seemed to be hitting my battery rather hard...

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You sure? Because I have been using it for a a couple days and it does not even show up in my battery stats.

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[ekyle]

You sure? Because I have been using it for a a couple days and it does not even show up in my battery stats.

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It was at 13℅ usage after being unplugged for two or three hours this morning. I'll give it another try and see what happens.

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[phillynitro]

I like it,
How ever removed it till I have more time over the weekend to get it just right for me.

 

[ekyle]

I've noticed that it seems a touch slow on recognizing where I am. For example, it gives me the today space rather than home or work much of the time when I am at home or at work. Not sure if that is by design or not. Other than that I don't seem to be getting as much drain on the battery this time around, about what I got with Nova. I guess I hadn't given it enough time on my last go.

 

[anon8380037]

Didn't know about this. Didn't stick with launchers with all the configuring and reliance on stock or Gmail.
Yahoo has always been my main mail so I will give this a try.
Much thanking of your you-ness!

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[xchange]

It has some bugs that still need work, and I disagree with some of the design direction they went to. But as far as being intuitive, functional, contextually aware, and closely adhering to a real google look and feel it's THE launcher in its category imo

It just makes me feel like this is how a modern google android UI ought to look like. Those older aosp launchers like nova, apex etc just feel dated to me

 

[vdubbmax]

Yahoo Aviate is simply amazing.
It has many awesome features.

 

[xchange]

Using it today to tour across the countryside today, the Nearby feature was great for finding attractions and restaurants ( with reviews) along the way. Very cool to have built right into the UI and integrates well with google Now and Maps

 

[ljxdaly]

nay. tried it for a few days. MUCH more complicated than apex and nova. and any launcher whose app drawer is broken down with A apps B apps and so on is ridiculously unwieldy.

also am not a fan of yahoo digest, which is a complete waste of time, and aviate forcing it on me is a downer.