GoKawiilThe Pixel Launcher has picked up some long-requested features over the last year. We can hide icon labels and remove the At A Glance widget, and there are some AI icon packs that can add some fun and flair to your home screen. Even with those improvements, there are still a lot of features the Pixel Launcher is missing, and these are the ones I want the most.
What feature do you wish the Pixel Launcher had? 25 votes Play Store icon packs 32 % Widget stacks 16 % More grid sizes 0 % Big folders 16 % Double tap to sleep 36 % Something else (comment) 0 %
Proper icon packs
Joe Maring / Android Authority
The AI-generated icon packs that Google added a while ago are better than nothing, but they’re nowhere as good as the huge variety of icon packs available on the Play Store. Icon packs have been a part of Android customization for over 16 years, so you’re spoiled for choice when you look through the store.
For a long time the only way to use icon packs was to download a custom launcher, but that started to change over the last few years, and now Samsung, OnePlus, and other Android OEMs let you use an icon pack with the stock launcher. Google is one of the few that hasn’t added support yet, and I’d love for that to change.
Widget stacks
Andy Walker / Android Authority
Of all of the features on this list, this is the one I want the most. Widget stacks, as the name suggests, let you stack widgets on top of one another and scroll through them. It means you can have convenient access to all of your widgets and app icons without spreading them across several home screens.
It’s a simple feature, but when you get used to it, it’s hard to give up. When I bought my Pixel 10 Pro last year after years of using Samsung phones, widget stacks were one of the things I missed most, and that hasn’t changed almost a year later.
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