Microsoft Launcher

6.260402.0.1178950

Microsoft Corporation

4.68

1,649,039 reviews

50,000,000+
Downloads

Free

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 240K 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 240 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 1.6 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.

More data about Microsoft Launcher

Price	Free to download
Total downloads	69 million
Recent downloads	240 thousand
Rating	4.68 based on 1.6 million ratings
Ranking	Highly ranked
Version	6.260402.0.1178950
APK size	55.7 MB
Number of libraries	56
Designed for Android	7.0+
Suitable for	Everyone
Ads	NO ads

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Downloads over time

Microsoft Launcher has been downloaded 69 million times. Over the past 30 days, it averaged 8.1 thousand downloads per day.

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Comments on Microsoft Launcher for Android

★★★★☆ Kyle Angell · Jun 10, 2026

It's a great launcher, but it could offer more icon packs and themes that represent Microsoft's past and matching icon packs from Windows 3.1 to Windows 11 for a more personal Microsoft experience. That's all and Microsoft, take notes.

★★★★★ Dave M · Jun 21, 2026

Here we are in 2026, different phone, same launcher choice. Why? Quite simply, IMO, it's the best Launcher, and yes, it's by Microsoft. I've used Microsoft OS & Software since the 80s, and sad to see what's happened to them, instead of their OS improving, it's worse, no way I'm moving to Win11 anytime soon! Still miss Windows Phone & Cortana, but their phone apps are generally very good and useful, and this launcher proves they CAN get it right, so customizable, and easy to use.

★★★★☆ canuckken · Jun 14, 2026

It's a decent launcher, but I have an issue and one feature request. My issue is that the icons on my home screen lose the icon labels when I do basic layout design changes. If I reset the launcher, the labels return, but as soon as I change a column or row setting, the labels go away, even on lower column or row number settings. The feature request is for making a search function for editing icons when you select "Open Icon Pack" like Nova Launcher does; packs have too many icons to search for.

★★★★★ Roberto Dohnert · Jun 21, 2026

Greatest launcher on the market. I have two Android phones and this has become my default launcher on both.

★☆☆☆☆ S G · Jun 7, 2026

This is interfering with my company M365 apps authentication. It's passing my windows' login instead of company login to open the apps.

★★☆☆☆ Digonto Roy · Jun 10, 2026

With the current version the app is glitchy. Sometimes the recent app section gets stuck. When that happens, I have to clear cache and force stop the app and if I'm lucky the glitch gets fixed.

★★☆☆☆ Amar Mondal · Jun 21, 2026

Not that good the tabs clear zone is extremely lagging

Google Play Rankings for Microsoft Launcher

Top rankings

Rank	Country	Category	List
29	Japan	Personalization	Top Free
52	Norway	Personalization	Top Free
165	United States	Personalization	Top Free
138	Canada	Personalization	Top Free
146	Germany	Personalization	Top Free
79	Switzerland	Personalization	Top Free
83	Australia	Personalization	Top Free
104	Russia	Personalization	Top Free
109	India	Personalization	Top Free
111	Austria	Personalization	Top Free

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Technologies used by Microsoft Launcher

Microsoft Launcher is requesting 73 permissions and is using 56 libraries.
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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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