Personalize your phone and stay organized on the go.
Microsoft Launcher offers a highly customizable home screen and a personalized feed designed to boost productivity on Android. Enjoy daily Bing wallpapers, adaptive icons, a dark theme, and seamless backup/restore across devices, all for free. It holds notable personalization rankings in Japan (#23), Czechia (#68), and Australia (#75), with 50,000,000+ total downloads and 290K in the last 30 days.
Pros & Cons
High customization options with icons, wallpapers, and gestures
Free to use with rich personalization features
Solid rating and large user base (1.64M reviews)
Cross-device backup and restore for easy transfers
Uses a broad set of optional permissions for full features; users may limit access
Some users may prefer other launchers with more extensive theming assets such as themes and widgets
About Microsoft Launcher
Microsoft Launcher is a personalization app developed by Microsoft Corporation.
Download Statistics
Microsoft Launcher has been downloaded 69 million times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 290 thousand times. It is ranked in the top 100 personalization apps.
User Ratings
Microsoft Launcher is rated 4.68 out of 5 stars. The rating is based on 1.7 million ratings.
App Information
Microsoft Launcher is FREE to download. The APK download size is 55.74 MB. The latest version available is 6.260402.0.1178950. The last update was on May 8, 2026.
Technical Requirements
Microsoft Launcher requires Android 7.0+ or higher. The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play October 2015.
Description
Microsoft Launcher provides a new home screen experience that empowers you to be more productive on your Android device. Microsoft Launcher is highly customizable, allowing you to organize everything on your phone. Your personalized feed makes it easy to view your calendar, to do lists, and more. Sticky Notes on the go. When you set up Microsoft Launcher as your new home screen, you can either start fresh with your favorite apps or import your current home screen layout. Need to switch back to your previous home screen? You can do that, too!
This version of Microsoft Launcher has been rebuilt on a new codebase to make new features possible, including dark mode, and personalized news.
MICROSOFT LAUNCHER FEATURES Customizable icons: · Give your phone a consistent look and feel with custom icon packs and adaptive icons.
Beautiful wallpapers: · Enjoy a fresh new image from Bing every day or choose your own photos.
Dark theme: · Comfortably use your phone at night or in low light environments with Microsoft Launcher’s new dark theme. This feature is compatible with Android’s dark mode settings.
Backup and Restore: · Easily move between your phones or try Home Screen setups through Microsoft Launcher’s Backup and Restore feature. Backups can be stored locally or saved to the cloud for easy transfers.
Gestures: · Swipe, pinch, double tap, and more on the home screen to easily navigate on the Microsoft Launcher surface. This app uses Accessibility Service Permission for optional gesture of screen lock and recent apps view.
Microsoft Launcher asks for the following optional permissions:
· Microphone: Used for speech-to-text functionality for Launcher features, such as Bing Search, Bing Chat, To Do, and Sticky Notes.
· Photo and video: Used for getting features, such as your wallpaper, Blur Effect, and Bing Chat Visual Search, and to show recent activities and backups. On Android 13 and higher, these permissions are replaced with the ‘All file’ access permissions.
· Notifications: Needed to notify you of any update or app activity.
· Contacts: Used for searching contacts on Bing Search.
· Location: Used for the Weather widget.
· Phone: Allows you to call your contacts with a swipe in Launcher.
· Camera: Used to create image notes for the Sticky Notes card and to search for images in Bing Search.
· Calendar: Used to show calendar info for the Calendar card in your Launcher feed.
You can still use Microsoft Launcher even if you do not consent to these permissions, but some functions may be restricted.
TERM 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).
Downloading Microsoft Launcher gives the option to replace the default launcher or to toggle between device launchers. Microsoft Launcher does not replicate the user’s PC home screen on the Android phone. Users must still purchase and/or download any new apps from Google Play. Requires Android 7.0+.
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Best overall but plese kindly update this in when we restart phone it set to default launcher plese set as default the launcher because we hide. App and when we restart phone it set defaulte launcher
★★★★★Alec Ching· Jul 11, 2026
As much as I hate to say it, Microsoft has done an excellent job with this app with nearly all the features in Nova launcher and then some. I really like the multi-row quick launch at the bottom and all the other gestures.
★☆☆☆☆Himanshu Jariwala· Jul 17, 2026
1. Sticky notes in glance are not syncing with one note 2. Can not sort task by due date, just sorts itself with created date automatically 3. Apps appear in multiple folders, cannot sort apps alphabetically in folder or app drawer screen, app drag and drop in folder not working, no option to make folder transparent no improvement on reported issues even after many updates in between. News tab gone forever, glance screen widget size is very big, no 1x4 size for any widgets
★☆☆☆☆Rohit Seth· Jul 22, 2026
It keeps on crashing every now and then, needing to reset launcher. If Microsoft doesn't intend to maintain this, why not pull this off from play store. Every time I restart my phone, launcher will start crashing and only way out is to uninstall and install this again.
★☆☆☆☆Daz Morrelli· Jul 27, 2026
Garbage spent almost 15 minutes preening the button that say you're not a robot got bord deleted it
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Trust & Safety: The app uses an Accessibility Service for optional gestures (e.g., screen lock and recent apps view) and requests a broad set of optional permissions (location, microphone, camera, calendar, and more). Users can continue using the app with limited permissions, though some features may be restricted.
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