• lustrum@sh.itjust.works
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    8
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    1 year ago

    Nope. The pixel phones have a Google widget on the homescreen that cannot be removed.

    I have a pixel and it would be those steps +

    Open Google play, find a launcher, find a new search provider. Set new launcher as default, insert new search provider widget. Probably missed a few steps.

    • junderwood@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      6
      ·
      1 year ago

      Yeah, that was my experience as well as a Pixel user. That said, it didn’t take too long to just finally switch to Firefox, Nova launcher, and Duck Duck Go. Mostly painless, and I’m over 40 👴

      • lustrum@sh.itjust.works
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        4
        ·
        1 year ago

        I’ve done all but the launcher. The gestures became super choppy with another launcher (nova).

        I have put a FF search bar above the Google one and I just ignore it.

        • KSP Atlas
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          2
          ·
          1 year ago

          I personally use kiss launcher, bit of a different paradigm to regular ones but i like it

        • Raineacha@lemmy.ml
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          1 year ago

          I’ve been using Niagara on my pixel 7. It takes a bit to get used to, but is so much cleaner. Add that with a browser other than chrome, and duckduckgo. Works pretty well.