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Microsoft Launcher (formerly known as Arrow Launcher) is an application launcher for Android, developed by Microsoft as an effort to provide a more convenient integration between Windows PCs and Android smartphones.[2] It does not replace the stock Android operating system, but adds a streamlined graphical layer with a focus on Microsoft applications and services.

History

The Arrow Launcher project originated from Microsoft Garage and became available as a beta on July 28, 2015. It was however out of beta by October 28, 2015 of the same year, afterwards the project sat later abandoned until it was re-released as Microsoft Launcher for Android on October 5, 2017. The launcher itself is based on the Fluent design language as part of Microsoft's strategy to bring Windows 10 PC users closer to their mobile devices running Android or iOS, especially since the Windows Phone platform had been discontinued.[3]

On October 5, 2017, Microsoft Launcher for Android was released through the Google Play store, along with a preview of the mobile version of the Microsoft Edge browser.[4] By December 2017, it was reported that Microsoft Launcher had reached 10 million downloads through Google Play.[5]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Microsoft Launcher (All Versions) by Microsoft Corporation, APKPure. Accessed 2022-09-24.
  2. ↑ "Microsoft Launcher". Microsoft. Retrieved 2018-01-11. 
  3. ↑ Protalinski, Emil (2017-10-05). "Microsoft brings Edge to Android and iOS, relaunches Arrow Launcher as Microsoft Launcher" (in en-US). VentureBeat. Retrieved 2018-01-12. 
  4. ↑ Belfiore, Joe (2017-10-05). "Announcing Microsoft Edge for iOS and Android, Microsoft Launcher" (in en-US). Windows Experience Blog. Retrieved 2018-01-12. 
  5. ↑ Bamburic, Mihăiță (2017-12-18). "Microsoft Launcher is very popular with Android users" (in en). BetaNews. Retrieved 2018-01-12. 

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