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Arrow Launcher

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Arrow is the personal launcher for Android that offers a radical simplification of the Android experience. It is packed with battery and memory saving technology. Arrow is lightweight, fast and efficient. It also includes beautiful Bing wallpapers, updated daily.

Arrow makes it easy to find your favorite apps, keep in touch with friends, and stay on top of the important things in your life. The more you use it, the better it gets.

Arrow is available worldwide and is translated into all major languages.

"Astonishingly good" --Android Central

"The best Android launcher just got better" --Thurrott.com

"Knows you better than you know yourself" --Android PIT

KEY FEATURES

• Apps: The ultimate in customization. Arrange apps to your heart's content, or have your apps ranked based on daily usage.
• Recent activity: Quickly get back to all of your recent activity: phone calls, text messages, photos, file downloads, and app installs. Every important action is just a tap away.
• People: No more hunting around your phone contact list. Easily find and contact the people who matter the most.
• Reminders: Never forget anything again. With Wunderlist integration, access your reminders everywhere on your PC, on the Web, and on your phone.
• Documents: Access your most important Office documents on the cloud, and easily share them with friends.

JOIN THE REVOLUTION

Join the Beta community movement: http://aka.ms/arrowbeta

Give us your feedback: [email protected]

FEATURED BY

• Thurrott.com: “I’ve recommended Microsoft’s Arrow Launcher for Android since the first version launched last October, but there’s always been one little gotcha. Well, not anymore: Now, Microsoft is allowing Arrow Launcher users to fully customize the Apps page on the home screen. And that changes everything.” (https://www.thurrott.com/mobile/android/77130/microsofts-arrow-launcher-android-updated-fully-customizable-home-screen)
• Android Central: “Overall, Arrow Launcher is just as fast as Nova or Google Now Launcher. There's no unnecessary bloat, and it offers enough customizability that I'm not missing out on any features that I rely upon often.” (http://www.androidcentral.com/microsofts-arrow-launcher-astonishingly-good)
• Android PIT: "Microsoft's new Arrow Launcher knows you better than you know yourself." (https://www.androidpit.com/microsoft-arrow-launcher-for-android)
• Forbes: “Arrow is an intelligent launcher, that customizes itself to help you keep in touch with people, find your popular apps, and speeding you into your work.” (http://www.forbes.com/sites/ewanspence/2015/10/30/google-android-news-digets-galaxy-s6-iphone-6s-review/2/)
• TIME: "[Arrow] offers users a new look and feel for their Android device and puts an emphasis on giving users quicker access to their most-used apps and settings." (http://www.techtimes.com/articles/100743/20151028/microsoft-unveils-arrow-launcher-android-phones.htm)
• TechCrunch: "[Arrow] makes it easier and quicker to access your most frequently used apps, as well as message friends, take notes, or access your favorite apps and settings." (http://techcrunch.com/2015/10/28/microsoft-officially-unveils-its-arrow-launcher-for-android/)

ABOUT ARROW

Arrow is a Microsoft Garage Project brought to you by the creators of Next Lock Screen, the ultimate productivity lock screen. The Microsoft Garage turns fresh ideas into real projects. Learn more about The Garage at: http://microsoft.com/garage

TERMS OF USE

By installing this app, you agree to the Terms of Use (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=246338) and Privacy Policy (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=248686).

Reviews

4.4

109,071 total

5 70,235

4 21,601

3 8,772

2 3,344

1 5,119

Awesome. Could be so much more Thanks for this great app. The lack of live tiles is killing me. Well designed and efficient "At a glance" calendar and email widgets are cruelly missing. Widgets could be improved to increase legibility and space efficiency; weather does not update itself automatically (MSN app). I would like to suggest adding a connector for OneNote in tasks; or some connected task other than Wunderlist (also a Ms app but why?). Please MS become a business user helper. No one does productivity like you do.

Pete Davison

Perfect Android launcher for Microsoft users. I'd like to see Groove integrated in the future. It would be cool to see songs I've played recently in the recent page. OneNote integration would be fantastic too as I don't have much use for the Reminders page. I know it has a widget, but it's just not as pretty. Lastly, I'd really like to be able to put 4 apps on a single line in folders. It's quite frustrating that they don't line up the same as they do in the thumbnail where it's in a 2x2 grid. Changing individual icons is also on my list, but I've heard it's coming in an update :P Keep up the awesome work!

John Couch

Love the launcher. It would be great if it had a OneNote tile like the Wunderlist Tile. Edit notes right in the launcher itself. I also noticed the Calendar widget when you add it to the Widget Tile, if you try to pick a Saturday in the Calendar, it wont let you. You can pick any other day, but Saturdays. I tried it on my Wifes Note 5 and my GS7 Edge and same thing.

A random guy

Great launcher but... The *widgets keep on randomly going missing* for some reason. When I completely turn it off and back on, all the widgets just disappear. Please fix. Everything else works fine and is really smooth. ALSO, please add in the option to CHANGE AN ICON of an app from an icon pack. It only has to be WITHIN THE LAUNCHER, no where else. Do this and I will GIVE 5 STAR.

wsthrba 03

Fast Very nice looking and fast, definitely improved my battery life over Oxygen OS. OneNote integration instead of/as well as Wunderlist would be good! Also for some reason I cannot login with my Work account, that's why 3 stars, will change with a fix. It just says login failed.

Nirmal Singh

Very sophisticated Keep it up guys. I don't know what else can be done in this? May be work on automatic update of weather widget. Little bit more touch actions similar to double tap on lock. But whatever I am in love with this new version... If we lock by double tap on screen we cannot unlock it by fingerprint scanner. Please fix this thing.

User reviews

January 16, 2017

Pete Davison January 16, 2017

John Couch January 16, 2017

A random guy January 16, 2017

wsthrba 03 January 5, 2017

Nirmal Singh January 2, 2017

Ariana Bowden January 7, 2017

Different from the others! This launcher is seriously above all the rest I love how the main screen you swipe left or right to see recents an messages without even having to go into your message app also that all your apps are in list order and alphabetised in your drawer. So cool. I love it. I wish there was a 10/10 score I'd give it a 20! 👌👌

January 4, 2017

Surprisingly good I have to admit i have always bought Samsung and absolutely adored Touchwiz. However since discovering Arrow i havent looked back. It just gets better and better. The only thing i would like is an 'always on' lock screen showing the time e.g. Galaxy S7. But it's not the end of the world. Well done Microsoft. And please..keep it light, keep it battery friendly and keep it fast. Don't fix what isn't broken.

Ralph V January 4, 2017

Shortcuts Please fix the shortcuts creation issue. If an app, like WhatsApp has a feature to create a shortcut, it fails with message "no room on any page" thank you. Sadly putting one star until this is fixed or get reply from developer.

christo zeelie January 14, 2017

Arrow straight to the point 😊 After trying numerous launchers the launcher my phone came with started to heat up my phone and was just not working properly anymore. Even phone cooling apps couldn't solve my phones overheating problem. After installing this launcher, my problem came to an end. It's light weight and straight to the point. Thank you very much

sunandh k s January 10, 2017

Awesome!!! Well done MS, this is simply amazing. Why don't you make such amazing Launcher for Windows Phone? 😊... This is the best Launcher in play store. Giving 5 stars. Only concern is can you please add a dark mode? It will be amazing for those who own an AMOLED screen.

Ryan Halk January 3, 2017

Apps won't work Use to love this launcher. It won't work with any Google at work apps that I am required to use for work. Until these are compatible I can no longer use. Very disappointed as i assume a microsoft product would work well with other enterprise software. Other launchers like Google now and zenui launcher work fine.

Errol Abury January 4, 2017

I like that it is ad-free and simple enough to configure. Wallpapers are really nice too. I like that I can switch off Google Now. IF this app could totally remove or disable Goggle Now/Launcher stuff, it would be a five star app but hey... 4.5 is what it is IMHO!

Tyler Hansen January 2, 2017

Was my favorite launcher Broken so I can't open any apps now except from the drawer on my Moto x pure. One saw until that is fixed, saving my old review below. I tried other launchers with more features like Nova prime, but it was never worth the effort to set up all the customization for little reward. This app is awesome right out the box.

Microsoft Corporation January 3, 2017

Hi, Tyler: sorry for this issue, can you provide more details by replying this issue to [email protected]? a. can you include a screenshot of this issue to us? b. will clear app data solve this problem?

Raviraj Parmar January 10, 2017

Impressed, but one suggestion. I am quite impressed with this launcher. I have one small suggestion. Add one option where we can customize the controle center toggle. So we can change it to what we use most. I use data on off most of the time. But there is no toggle available in controle center.plz consider this in your next update.

Manish Holla January 14, 2017

Just Amazing Launcher Can't believe such an amazing launcher. I was using G launcher but I was bored of that and saw this. Really amazing UI. Just swipe left or right and get your full screen shortcuts handy. A must for all android users. Highly recommended.

ahmed saed January 15, 2017

Good enough and simple but: -The page labels are not needed like(Apps, Widgets).They take space and they didn't go the simplicity the launcher claims. -I would like to rearrange the notes. -Hidden page appear for a second when I go back to home screen.

Karthik Udupa January 17, 2017

This product from Microsoft is one of the best launcher I have seen in a long time. I haven't used Android in 4 yrs and came back to see MS doing a good work on it. Installed it and never looked back. Update: used Google now launcher to compare and Google launcher is a hot garbage compared to this.

Christopher Ord January 4, 2017

My favorite launcher I've tried a few different launchers to replace the stock ones on different phones (touchwiz and sense), and until now, nova prime was my favorite. Arrow has supplanted nova as my favorite launcher for Android by far.

Craig Boucher January 4, 2017

The search is atrocious. It locks up and becomes unresponsive as you type because it's searching on the UI thread or something. The keyboard knows what's going on, but the search doesn't update an extremely long time.

PRIM January 6, 2017

ITS AMAZING BUT WIDGETS OVERSIZED? The launcher itself and its features are amazing, but when i try to add a classic widget like the SPlanner or Email for example, they appear extremely oversized (other widgets are fine). The texts and content appear to be huuuge even though ive resized the frame of the widget the content stays the same size (thus overcrowding the area & unreadable 😢) pleasssee hellp i really want this to work

The Dml January 2, 2017

Lost reminders after updating to v2.9.1 All of the reminders that I'd created on the home page and other app settings just vanished after the most recent update 2.9.1. Is there any way to restore the same?

Microsoft Corporation January 3, 2017

Hi, The Dml: sorry for this issue, can you provide more details by replying this issue to [email protected]? a. did you sign in WunderList; b. are you in offline mode or online mode when you upgrade to 2.9.1; c. your device type and Android version;

Denny Wells January 6, 2017

Beautiful but incompatible *update* Newer versions work great, am really enjoying the launcher now and it has extended the life of my phone. Initial review: Was really looking forward to using Arrow but it bogged down my performance and caused apps to hang constantly. Can only assume it's due to some incompatibility with my phone (Sony Xperia Z5 Compact). Will keep an eye on future updates to see if it improves.

Sam Ps January 18, 2017

There is very much problem with the widgets. They cant be added to the desktop, whenever I try to add them it says - unfortunately settings has stopped working. If you solve my problem, I will surely give you 5-stars

Rajesh Nair January 11, 2017

Broken icons after restart Icons in the pages looks broken once the phone restarted. Otherwise its a wonderful widget which i came across. So am giving only 2 star

Taj Basha January 1, 2017

One of Best Launcher I Love this Launcher very much but Oly thing making me stopping me from giving 5 Star Rating now after updating its showing 2 icons on App page, seems to have a bug pls fix it

Alexandru-Gabriel Marin January 18, 2017

Nice but buggy I like Bing wallpapers and the alphabetically arranged list of apps. But the 'enable daily Bing wallpaper' button keeps getting turned off. I must manually re-enable it once at a few days and this is pretty annoying.

Ultra Kryptonian January 7, 2017

Simple and easy to use Coming from Windows 10 Mobile, I wanted something that offered the same ease of use. Well, this one fit the bill and it didn't overwhelm me with tons of useless settings and functions. I'm keeping it!

Siddharth Bahuguna January 7, 2017

Slow and bad Firstly, there is a lagging in the dock indicator while changing pages. One of the features i liked was double tap to lock. But if activated, i can no longer use fingerprint to unlock my device. Please enlighten me on how to go about this....

Scott Berfield January 6, 2017

Like this a lot. The overall look and feel is sharp. Took a while to figure out that you can create vertically scrolling pages of apps/widgets/etc.. customization enough for me. Fast. Some glitches - particularly around widget placement - can be very frustrating to get things where you want them on the widgets screen. Cortana integration would also be nice. If they keep improving, this will be a solid 5 stars soon.

Sid Shak January 8, 2017

Beautiful launcher, highly customizable Loved it. My phone is an old piece of crap but with the help of arrow launcher, my phone looks more beautiful than so many other phones. Also the performance is unbelievable! So lightweight and user friendly! 5/5

NEHA BANSAL January 11, 2017

Slow Look n feel of this is nice and I liked it. But it's making my phone slow.. don't know but all apps are taking so much time to open. Dislike it.

Nathanael Backhouse January 4, 2017

Fluid, clever & fast. Give it a week...it grows on you. I've come from Nova launcher, and was not sure at first about having Arrow organise my app screen for me....but do select the option to reverse the order - that way your most used apps are close to your thumbs. You can turn this "smartsort" off and organise apps as you wish. I do use Wunderlist alot so that integration is great, but might be off-putting if you are heavily into Evernote or something else. Overall excellent.

David Carrasco January 5, 2017

Excellent app Please, why not you make a better app? We couldn't make a safe copy. It's necessary we can safe each app when we'll change a new mobile.... Thanks

Kian Torrevillas January 16, 2017

Another bug or something Icons show up twice when apps are in auto mode. When I try to remove one, the app will be removed. I'm not into filling the screen with apps so this is very important to me.

Paul D January 18, 2017

Worked, broke, fixed, broke again... Great launcher, but a recurring bug makes everything hang for a few seconds whenever you use it. This was fixed in the previous update, but latest fix has reintroduced it. Shame as it's a good launcher

Mathieu Bishara January 14, 2017

WARNING be careful this app may not be a virus or spyware but it still spies on you i checked it's permission and access to my phone and my phone said that the app takes pictures of me without my concentrate, and hassle access to all my private data. Even Norton and avast said that the app had requested a large critical and unnecessary permission to access things on your device in fact the app didn't want to let me take off its administration access

Radu Arghiros January 18, 2017

Really good, one of the best android launchers (easily top 5). I would buy a windows phone if it had this launcher. The only downside is the large number of permissions.

Ghiorghi Lockapishvili January 17, 2017

It's great launcher but please add folder personalization It'll be way better if you add folder personalization, now folder shape is square and app are placed on grid... Would be super awesome if we would be able to change folder shape to circle and app placement to stack, fan, etc 👍

A. L. Best ™ January 14, 2017

Lacking features Needs.. (1) option to edit individual app icons. (2) feature to remove with padding. (3) ability to edit the icon size of apps in the dock (4) feature to add more pages to the dock.

What's New

Welcome to v2.9.1 of Arrow Launcher. This release contains many under-the-hood bug fixes, to make your Arrow experience more pleasant.

What's new:

- Bing wallpaper is now an icon on your home page. Tap the icon on your home page to change it.

- Bug and crash fixes. Too many to list -- but we promise that Arrow is now faster than ever.

As always, enjoy Arrow Launcher!

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Updated

January 3, 2017

Installs

1,000,000 - 5,000,000

Current Version

2.9.1.28862

Requires Android

4.0.3 and up

Content Rating

PEGI 3

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