Microsoft Launcher

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Microsoft Launcher
Developer(s) Microsoft
Initial releaseOctober 2015 (as Arrow Launcher)
Stable release
6.230703.0.1122680 [1]
Operating system Android 5.0 and newer [2]
Platform Android
Predecessor Windows 10 Mobile (after end of support)
Size 36.9 MB
Type Application launcher
Website microsoft.com/launcher (archived version) [3]

Microsoft Launcher is an application launcher for the Android mobile platform developed by Microsoft and intended to provide a more convenient integration between Windows desktop PCs and Android smartphones. [4] Originally available as a beta since October 2015 [5] under the name Arrow Launcher, the first stable release was published to the Google Play Store, under its current name, on October 5, 2017. [6] It does not replace the stock Android operating system, but adds an additional graphical layer with a focus on Microsoft applications and services.

In December 2017, it was reported that Microsoft Launcher had reached 10 million downloads from Google Play. [7]

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References

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