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Check out a more in depth look at the new launcher developers are experimenting with in the Canary Channel of Chrome OS.
https://chromeunboxed.com/chromebook-app-launcher-update-touch/
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hey guys Gabriel Chrome unboxed just
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wanted to bring you a quick video little
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closer look at the new experimental
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launcher they're working with in the
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canary channel of Chrome OS if you
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haven't heard about it check out the
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link in the description below for
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Robbie's article so here's what we're
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looking at I'm on a Lenovo Flex 11
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running the canary Channel have Android
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apps enabled I have my shelf set to
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autohide but you can see if you click
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the launcher icon what you're generally
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used to is the box that pocks up with
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your recently used apps and then of
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course you can explore all apps now when
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you click this you get something that
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looks a lot more like a mobile phone uh
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you can see your suggested apps probably
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based on what your most recent apps used
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were and then if you swipe up
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you're going to get a full list of apps
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that you can scroll
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through and then a simple swipe down on
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either side goes back to the truncated
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look and then another swipe down and
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it's gone um the commit that Robbie
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originally references makes it seem like
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swiping up from the bottom of your
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screen will bring that launcher up it
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looks like it's not working at the
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moment uh there is also a reference to a
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specific uh popup for the system tray
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sep separate from the App Launcher but
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if you are in an app or a window you can
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just click the search button on your
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keyboard brings it up swipe up swipe
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down and you're out of the way I was
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curious to see how this would look with
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Android app so we have a little Modern
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Combat 5 running
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here get it to
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reconnect activated good luck out there
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over solid copy
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key you have
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your app
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list swipe back
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down pauses just like it would on your
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mobile device and same thing
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works switching between
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apps so yeah there you go guys this is a
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pretty pretty indepth rich feature they
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seem to be working on here um kind of
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came out of
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nowhere uh so hopefully we'll be seeing
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this make its way to the more stable
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channels very soon but anyways check it
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out let us know what you think drop a
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comment below you like it you lump it
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we'd love to hear from you till next
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