Liquid OS 27: Glass Launcher

Your home screen, rebuilt in liquid glass. Liquid OS 27 is a launcher that turns your Android phone into glass. Panels bend the light at their edges like real glass, and your icons, widgets and dock float over your wallpaper. It looks right the moment you open it, so there is nothing to set up unless you want to. THE ISLAND A live pill around your front camera. Music, timers, calls and charging show up right where you look, with the time and battery beside it. Works with or without a notch. CONTROL CENTER Swipe down from the top right. Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, mobile data, flashlight, brightness, volume, Do Not Disturb, timer, camera and your music, all on glass. It follows your finger as you pull. GLASS WIDGETS Clock, weather, calendar, battery, music, notes, countdown, photos, world clock, alarm and more. Stack them, resize them, and put your other apps' widgets on glass too. Swipe right from your first page for the Today View, a whole page of widgets. DEPTH EFFECT Pick a photo and the subject steps in front of the clock. A mountain, your dog, a face. Any widget can sit behind it. APP LIBRARY AND SEARCH Every app sorted into smart folders after your last page. One search field finds apps, contacts, settings, quick sums, unit conversions, the web and the Play Store. ICONS YOUR WAY Dark, clear and tinted icons. Icon packs, icon shapes and themed icons, or a different icon for any single app. Hide apps in a locked folder that only opens with your fingerprint, face or PIN. PUT THINGS ANYWHERE Drop icons and widgets on any spot of the grid and nothing else jumps around. Folders come in two sizes. Lock the layout once you like it. MAKE IT YOURS Light, dark or automatic. Pick an accent color or take it from your wallpaper. Slide the glass from crystal clear to tinted. Tilt your phone and the light on the glass moves with you. LIGHT ON YOUR BATTERY Nothing runs in the background: no wakelocks, alarms or scheduled jobs. When your home screen sits still, it draws nothing at all, and the clock and widgets pause while you use other apps. For even less, Battery Saver glass keeps the frost and drops the lens. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT No ads. No account. No tracking. Your apps, searches and contacts stay on your phone. The weather only ever sends the names of the cities you add. Back up your whole setup to a file and bring it to your next phone. Works with TalkBack, large text and right to left languages. To start, set Liquid OS 27 as your home app when it asks. Not affiliated with Apple Inc.

Liquid OS 27 now appears among your apps: open it to change your Home Screen. The app drawer opens without the keyboard; tap search when you need it, or turn it back on in Settings. Small fixes and improvements.