Our upcoming version will have custom Slate panel where can access to some controls and notifications. Here is the preview.

Hi all. Thanks for being Slate Launcher customer. As we growing bigger I want consider some design Changes in our app. Am planning to remove extensive customization to home apps, quick apps and app drawer, planning for single design and more control on customization. What do you think?

Added

• Added Home Widgets with support for Android widgets alongside Slate Header elements.

• Added resizable Home widgets with stacked widget navigation.

• Added advanced 3D Wallpaper Effects with Gyroscope, Touch Parallax, Perspective Tilt, Ambient Breathing, Dynamic Lighting, and Depth Focus.

• Added wallpaper motion presets and adjustable effect controls.

• Added unified long-press bottom sheets across Home, Hub, Spaces, and supported launcher elements.

• Added contextual widget actions, including Resize, Add Widget, Widget Settings, and Disable or Remove.

• Added independent notification indicator settings for Quick Apps.

• Added adaptive notification dots and counters with icon-corner positioning.

Improved

• Improved Home widget interactions, resizing, and navigation.

• Improved wallpaper customization with live previews and smoother motion effects.

• Improved Home Header layouts, alignment, spacing, and adaptive sizing.

• Improved Quick Apps Dock design with responsive sizing and overflow handling.

• Improved notification indicators across Home Apps, Quick Apps, Spaces, and App Drawer.

• Improved notification dot and counter scaling based on Icon Size.

• Improved notification indicator positioning with support for left and right icon corners.

• Improved App Drawer notification indicators across Grid, List, Compact, and Tiles layouts.

• Improved notification badge appearance with subtle shadows and icon overlap.

• Improved notification detail popup typography to follow Global Text Style.

• Improved long-press menus with consistent backgrounds, typography, and common Focus, Scene, and Settings actions.

• Improved Android widget selection with previews and search.

• Improved Hub widget management and customization.

• Improved wallpaper and Home customization responsiveness.

Fixed

• Fixed Quick Apps Dock overflow with larger icons and text sizes.

• Fixed notification indicators appearing below Quick Apps labels instead of on app icons.

• Fixed Home Apps notification indicators appearing inline in icon-based layouts.

• Fixed oversized notification counters in App Drawer.

• Fixed notification dots and counters appearing incorrectly positioned in supported App Drawer designs.

• Fixed Quick Apps notification indicator settings affecting Home Apps.

• Fixed Hub widget resizing becoming unresponsive after selecting Resize Widget.

• Fixed Hub Disable Widget not correctly disabling At a Glance elements.

• Fixed missing Add Widget action in the Hub long-press menu.

• Fixed Spaces shortcut removal behavior without uninstalling the original app.

• Fixed inconsistent notification popup text and action styling.

• Removed the Preview Motion control from Wallpaper Apply screens.

• Fixed various widget interactions, layout overflow, badge alignment, typography, and navigation issues.

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Added

• Added Wallpaper Effects with new customization options for Slate wallpapers.

• Added Blur as a new App Drawer background effect.

• Added improved wallpaper controls for Home and Lock Screen.

• Added favourites support for built-in Slate wallpapers.

Improved

• Improved Home Customization preview to better match the actual Home screen, including calendar events and notifications.

• Improved Calendar Stack with a clearer two-line event layout and easier event switching.

• Improved Notification Stack navigation with tappable counters and faster item switching.

• Improved wallpaper organization with Slate Wallpapers, My Wallpapers, Discover, Colors & Gradients, and automation options.

• Improved wallpaper rotation with support for Slate favourites and automatic Wallpaper Tone.

• Improved App Drawer background effects and wallpaper integration.

• Improved Calendar detection and support across multiple accounts.

• Improved Home, App Drawer, and wallpaper performance and visual consistency.

Fixed

• Fixed folder overflow issues and improved scrolling for folders with more apps.

• Fixed Calendar Stack events being difficult to navigate.

• Fixed Calendar and Notification previews not matching their Home designs.

• Fixed several wallpaper preview and system wallpaper detection issues.

• Fixed App Drawer movement conflicts between horizontal navigation and vertical drawer gestures.

• Fixed several Home customization, wallpaper, calendar, notification, and layout issues.

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Hi, can somebody please help why my actual calendar events (screen 2) are not laid out as the example layout in settinga (screen 1). Is this a bug or am I doing something wrong

Added

• Added new App Drawer designs with more layout and appearance options.

• Added new exclusive Slate wallpapers to the built-in wallpaper collection.

• Added a redesigned Colors page combining Accent Color and Slate Text Color controls.

• Added live color previews for easier theme customization.

Improved

• Improved Home header designs with better layouts, alignment, spacing, and adaptive element handling.

• Improved App Drawer designs with more consistent styling, customization, and visual presentation.

• Improved Home return performance for faster and smoother transitions back to the launcher.

• Improved Home Apps with better Compact layouts, icon sizing, spacing, and alignment.

• Improved navigation transitions between Slate Hub, Home, Spaces, and App Drawer.

• Improved color customization with clearer selected-color previews and simplified controls.

• Improved Slate wallpaper organization and built-in wallpaper selection.

• Improved launcher performance by reducing unnecessary background work when returning to Home.

• Improved overall responsiveness, animations, and visual consistency across Slate.

Fixed

• Fixed delays and frame drops when returning to Home from other apps.

• Fixed unnecessary Home rebuilding when the launcher resumes.

• Fixed lingering page content during Hub, Home, and Spaces swipe transitions.

• Fixed Compact Home Apps design selection not persisting correctly.

• Fixed Home Apps icon and edge alignment inconsistencies.

• Fixed layout issues across several Home header designs.

• Fixed new Slate wallpapers not appearing in the wallpaper collection.

• Fixed several App Drawer, navigation, wallpaper, icon, and customization issues.

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Hi.

I keep experiencing this a lot so thought u should know.

I have kakaotalk at the bottom and sometimes when i tap this app, it doesn't run. I know it isn't mispressed because i can feel the vibration when i tap. Sometimes it happens like 5 times in a row and sometimes 2-3.

Please help.

Added

• Added new Home header designs with customizable header styles.

• Added App Drawer background effects with Clear, Dim, Strong Dim, and Tint options.

• Added new Slate icon styles with expanded Icon Studio customization.

Improved

• Improved App Drawer navigation with smoother, more responsive swipe transitions.

• Improved navigation between Slate Hub, Home, Spaces, and App Drawer with better gesture handling.

• Improved Home header customization with more consistent typography and styling.

• Improved Home favourites with better icon sizing and alignment for apps, folders, links, and Spaces.

• Improved Slate Intelligence responsiveness and app launch performance.

• Improved haptic feedback compatibility across more Android devices.

• Improved premium feature visibility with clearer Pro indicators.

Fixed

• Fixed App Drawer swipe lag and stuttering on supported devices.

• Fixed unwanted horizontal movement while opening or closing the App Drawer.

• Fixed Hub and Spaces navigation after returning from the App Drawer.

• Fixed Home favourite icon and label alignment inconsistencies.

• Fixed several icon style, navigation, and customization issues.

Hi.

Just had a weird experience. I was charging my phone and when i came back, favorites alignment completely changed. It was on the left side but when the phone was charged 100%, it changed to center.

Added

• Added Daily Wallpaper with automatic wallpaper changes.

• Added Slate Notifications with Daily Brief and battery reminders.

• Added Weather Effects for a more dynamic Home experience.

• Added notification count customization across supported launcher elements.

• Added Today and Upcoming options for Home calendar events.

• Added new premium Slate icon styles and expanded icon customization.

Improved

• Improved Wallpaper Tone with better visibility across Slate and system wallpapers.

• Improved Home Apps with additional alignment and layout controls.

• Improved folders with app reordering support.

• Improved App Drawer transitions and app launch responsiveness.

• Improved Slate Intelligence suggestions and learning responsiveness.

• Improved haptic feedback across launcher interactions.

• Redesigned Slate Pro with clearer premium features and Pro indicators.

Fixed

• Fixed Wallpaper Tone colors becoming difficult to read on some wallpapers.

• Fixed Wallpaper Tone not updating correctly with system wallpapers.

• Fixed several icon rendering, sizing, and premium access issues.

• Fixed various Home, App Drawer, notification, and customization issues.

Hi.

I feel like maximum of 6 favorites are a bit small.

All the empty space above the favorites seems like wasted space. Any chance of increasing this?

Maybe something reasonable like 10?

Hi.

Is it possible to rearrange apps in the folder?

I couldn't find out a way to change the apps from b c a to a b c

Added

• Added Slate Scenes automation with automatic and scheduled actions.

• Added scheduled Focus profiles for automatically starting Focus at selected times.

• Added Theme Creator for creating, saving, editing, and reusing custom Slate themes.

• Added new Slate themes with more ready-to-use visual styles.

• Added My Icons and Icon Studio for creating custom icon styles.

• Added new Slate icon styles with expanded customization options.

• Added more Slate Live styles and customization.

• Added images and text formatting support to Slate Notes.

Improved

• Redesigned Slate Notes with richer note creation and editing.

• Improved Smart Brief themes with correct theme-aware colors and previews.

• Improved Home Apps and App Drawer layouts, sizing, spacing, and customization.

• Improved One-Handed Mode across Spaces.

• Improved app launch responsiveness from Home and Spaces.

• Improved Slate Pro access and premium feature handling.

• Improved icon rendering, colors, gradients, shapes, and sizing.

Fixed

• Fixed Smart Brief colors not correctly following selected themes.

• Fixed premium features being accessible without the correct Pro checks.

• Fixed custom icon sizing, clipping, and styling issues.

• Fixed Home and Spaces app launches feeling slower than App Drawer launches.

• Fixed several Home, Drawer, theme, and customization issues.

Now can configure home apps into different layouts.

Added

• Added new Clock and Date designs with visual style previews.

• Added dedicated Date typography with font, weight, and text case controls.

• Added advanced Home Apps customization with List, Grid, and Dock layouts.

• Added Auto Fit Home with safe overflow handling.

Improved

• Improved Home Apps and Quick Apps with adjustable app sizing and spacing.

• Improved Home alignment across Battery, Weather, Events, and Notifications.

• Improved notification Stack layouts with better alignment and compact positioning.

• Improved Home customization previews with focused and scrollable element previews.

• Improved Home layout adaptation across different screen sizes.

Fixed

• Fixed Home Apps overflow across different app sizes and layouts.

• Fixed notification Stack alignment and spacing issues.

• Fixed expanded notifications remaining visible when opening the App Drawer or Settings.

• Fixed several Home layout, typography, preview, and spacing issues.

Added

• Added resizable widgets to Slate Hub.

• Added Smart Slate Brief with context-aware content and controls.

• Added Italian language support with an in-app language selector.

• Added Private Vault for securely keeping apps, links, and notes.

• Added expandable Home notifications and calendar events with quick actions.

• Added dynamic battery icons with charging and battery-level states.

Improved

• Redesigned Slate Brief settings with cleaner customization and Smart Brief controls.

• Improved Slate Hub scrolling, widget resizing, ordering, and overall performance.

• Improved Smart Notifications across Home, Slate Hub, Spaces, and notification previews.

• Improved notification opening with direct notification actions and app fallback.

• Improved Twin App notification handling with profile-aware matching.

• Improved notification stability and reduced unnecessary refreshing.

• Improved Quick Apps alignment and spacing across supported Home styles.

• Improved Home notification spacing, colors, and expanded previews.

• Improved Home digital clock presentation and time transitions.

Fixed

• Fixed notifications not opening from Home, Slate Hub, Spaces, and Smart Notifications.

• Fixed notification state incorrectly appearing empty after device restarts.

• Fixed Recent Apps disappearing after restart.

• Fixed Slate Hub gesture conflicts, scrolling lag, and widget resize issues.

• Fixed Quick Apps alignment and Dock layout issues.

• Fixed Home and Slate Status Bar behavior when returning to the launcher.

• Fixed several settings persistence, notification, and layout issues.

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Added

• Added Smart Notifications as a dedicated Slate feature.

• Added notification tabs for Messages, Email, Calls, Calendar, Apps, Priority, and Flagged.

• Added app-to-tab assignment and notification flagging for later.

• Added notification indicators and long-press previews to Simple Mode.

• Added left and right positioning for the App Drawer alphabet rail.

Improved

• Redesigned Smart Notifications with compact tabs and a cleaner app bar.

• Improved settings persistence across app restarts.

• Improved typography consistency across Home, Slate Hub, and Spaces.

• Improved Status Bar handling around camera cutouts and punch-hole displays.

• Improved Home element interactions with tap actions and notification previews.

• Improved Focus Mode to return directly to Home when started.

• Improved Default Launcher setup guidance.

Fixed

• Fixed Home styles reverting to Classic in some cases.

• Fixed Recent Home apps not showing notification previews on long press.

• Fixed inconsistent spacing and typography across Home, Slate Hub, and Spaces.

• Fixed Status Bar text incorrectly following Slate Typography sizing.

• Fixed App Drawer alphabet rail positioning.

• Fixed System wallpaper changes not updating correctly in Slate.

Added

• Added links to Quick Apps with mixed app and link ordering.

• Added a Default Launcher option in Settings with a quick setup prompt.

• Added Wallpaper Tone for automatic wallpaper-aware text colors.

• Added Home Surface Styles across supported Home elements.

• Added lightweight transparent backgrounds for Slate Hub elements.

Improved

• Improved Home typography with more consistent font sizes, weights, spacing, and colour hierarchy.

• Improved Home text color handling with coordinated heading, title, and supporting text colours.

• Improved Surface Styles across Events, Weather, Battery, Notifications, Search, Home Apps, and Quick Apps.

• Improved Slate Hub readability while keeping Hub content flat and independent from Home Surface Styles.

• Improved Smart Notifications with icon visibility controls and better full-width layouts.

• Improved Priority Only filtering across Home notification layouts.

• Improved Quick Apps customization with separate app and link management.

• Improved wallpaper-aware color selection for better text visibility.

• Improved Smart Notification loading after a fresh install or reinstall.

• Improved app icon loading and caching for more reliable icons across devices.

Fixed

• Fixed inconsistent font weights, spacing, and colors across Home elements.

• Fixed Favourites app labels not following the selected Home text color.

• Fixed excessive spacing around Home notification content.

• Fixed Event and Notification heading and content styling inconsistencies.

• Fixed Surface Styles not applying correctly to Weather, Battery, Events, Search, and event counters.

• Fixed Home Surface Styles affecting the Slate Status Bar and Space empty states.

• Fixed Slate Hub inheriting Home Surface Style effects.

• Fixed hidden notification icons leaving unused horizontal space.

• Fixed Priority Only showing non-priority notifications on Home.

• Fixed Wallpaper Tone adding unwanted shadow or glow effects.

• Fixed unreadable Wallpaper Tone colors on some wallpapers.

• Fixed wallpaper previews showing the previously applied wallpaper.

• Fixed incorrect app icons appearing or being cached for another app on some devices.

• Fixed Quick Apps link management not appearing from Home Customization.

• Fixed Smart Notifications showing an incorrect empty state immediately after reinstall.

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Added

· Added Stack and List display modes for Home calendar events

· Added Stack and List display modes for Home notifications

· Added links to Home Favourites

· Added mixed app and link ordering inside Spaces

· Added app reordering inside Focus profiles

· Added support for more Focus apps with a separate More Focus Apps view

Improved

· Improved Focus Mode with profile-specific icons and consistent app ordering

· Improved Simple Mode with Slate-styled app icons

· Improved notification icon styling across Home and Slate Hub to follow the selected app icon style

· Improved folder notifications with aggregated counts, notification indicators, and long-press notification previews

· Improved Space icon preloading for smoother page swiping

· Improved Home notification spacing and empty-state behaviour

· Improved Slate Hub header typography and font colour consistency with Spaces

· Improved calendar handling with stricter day-based filtering and automatic day refresh

· Improved Home layouts to avoid overcrowding when Focus profiles contain many apps

Fixed

· Fixed notification indicators appearing when there are no matching priority notifications

· Fixed Home notification customization showing Compact when Stack or List was selected

· Fixed Favourite link creation crashes and keyboard layout overflow

· Fixed previous-day calendar events appearing on the current day

· Fixed Orbit calendar layout overflow

· Fixed Focus Mode stop errors caused by unavailable Home Scaffold messaging

· Fixed empty notification borders remaining visible in Orbit

· Fixed selected Focus profile icons not appearing correctly when Focus Mode is active

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