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# 6.0

Released on January 2, 2022

### Home screen

* Icons can be moved everywhere
* Widgets pages are now extra Home pages, where you can put widgets or icons
* Freeform widget editing is available everywhere
* New grid system designed from scratch to keep your icons and widgets always perfectly aligned
* Home screen icons can have labels
* Now you can have multiple Flower/Honeycomb/Arch layouts and place them where you prefer. They are now called "icon groups" and you can add them as if they were widgets.
* Almost every area of the launcher has been redesigned.
* The search bar is now freely movable
* When the ambient theme is selected, the search bar changes its color depending on its position on the screen.
* The built-in widget clock has been refreshed with new icons and a different extended layout
* The built-in search bar transforms into a search icon if is resized too much.
* You can now configure the icon groups directly from the home screen.
* New option "Rotate on place". If enabled, when the device is rotated, the home screen items will independently rotate while staying in their original positions.
* When the grid size is changed, widgets are rearranged using the available space.

### App page

* New immersive design
* The app grid always starts at the center of the screen to improve ergonomics
* Added a new category "Smart devices"

### Folders

* New folder design. Folders still open near your finger but they feature an immersive look.
* Folders now use the same appearance of the page where they are located.
* You can edit the folder icon by pressing their title when expanded

### Preferences

* Kid mode. You can enable an option to request verification to unlock home screen changes.
* Access to backups is protected by your PIN, if set.
* You can now select the folder where your backups will be stored.

### Widgets

* You can adjust your widget corner radius
* You can change your widget fonts
* You can launch the app that created a certain widget, by performing a long press on the widget itself
* Support for Android 12 re-configurable widgets

### Tech

* Compiled for Android 12
* Access to storage is now limited to the folder chosen by the user
* Removed permission to access accurate user position (it was unused, anyway)
* Improved support for Foldable devices
* Improved support for tablets