Google denies dropping app drawer for Android

Hoping to quash fears and rumours that Android will be losing its app drawer, Google has denied there are plans to get rid of its app drawer in the near future. Android users were up in arms when a short clip on Google Maps’ Twitter account showed a Nexus 6P sans an app drawer. It’s a blink or miss it sort of thing of the first two seconds of the clip. But hawk eye users were speculating this might be the start of Android dropping its app drawer to mimic the iOS approach of having all apps on the home screen. Google says the user interface shown in the video is a bad mockup of the app and it doesn’t hint at anything coming up in terms of UI changes.

Source: Droid Life

Facebook sets sights on smartphone homescreens with Home and CoverFeed

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Facebook has set its sights on your smartphone's home screen. Looking to push Facebook content, status updates and the ability to message and interact with and 'Like" Facebook stories. Calling it Facebook Home, the Android overlay runs sort of like a screensaver that runs the Coverfeed application even before users 'wake' their smartphones.

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