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 220K 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 220 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. 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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It's peak I don't know what to say, the Microsoft ecosystem such as stickies, calendar, and other things in this app is good, app drawer is really good, home screen and the entire launcher runs smoothly if you change some stuff. I'd stay with this launcher forever.
★★★★☆E.S.· Jul 2, 2026
The Best Free of Cost Ad-free Android Launcher! The fact that the best launcher for Google's Android OS is made by Microsoft did draw attention (extra so, when owning Google's own self-made flagship Pixel Phone and noticing how incomparably behind its Google Pixel launcher is). Highly customizable! Very little too possibly improve, especially enabling 2-row names for apps and folders, for longer names to be displayed fully - Please, enable that... And thank you for an excellent product🙏🏼
★★★★★Roberto Dohnert· Jun 21, 2026
Greatest launcher on the market. I have two Android phones and this has become my default launcher on both.
★☆☆☆☆Gavin Yu· Jun 28, 2026
The daily slideshow to update/ change the phone wallpapers will be disabled automatically without reasons
★★☆☆☆Amar Mondal· Jun 21, 2026
Not that good the tabs clear zone is extremely lagging
★☆☆☆☆aye right· Jul 2, 2026
It might be good, but I'll never know, I'm not making a Microsoft account just to use a launcher, hey Micros hit lose the account requirements and more people will use your apps
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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.
Each subscription will automatically renew 3 days before the expiration date for
the same time period. Subscriptions can be cancelled at any time before the renewal.
