Next stop: 50 million downloads on the Google Play Store

Dec 18, 2017 07:14 GMT  ·  By

Microsoft is very serious about delivering a top-notch experience to all of its users regardless the platform, and the frequent updates that it ships seem to be paying off.

Living proof is the Microsoft Launcher for Android, which is rapidly growing in popularity to become one of the top apps of its kind on the Google Play Store.

While it launched out of preview with some 500,000 downloads on the clock, Microsoft Launcher reached 1 million downloads on the Play store approximately one month ago. This was an important achievement for Microsoft, especially given that Android users have plenty of advanced launchers to choose from right now.

But here we are nearly one month later with the Microsoft Launcher hitting another major threshold. The application has surpassed 10 million downloads on the Google Play Store, according to the official stats posted by Google, and is rapidly heading towards the 50 million milestone.

Microsoft Launcher version 4.3

Version 4.3 appears to have played an important role for this performance, as it brings fixes and improvements that users are very pleased with. For instance, this latest update comes with app grid support to a maximum of 12x12, features for new users to migrate previous layout or restore an old one, and improvements to app name text wrapping, folder icons, search bar, and more.

Reviews posted on Google Play Store are mostly positive, with Microsoft Launcher currently rated 4.6 out of 5 and more than 376,000 ratings overall.

“Best launcher by far of the many I've tried. And v4.3 has finally swatted the one last annoying bug: the icon wrapping problem that cut off the top and bottom of the BBC Weather widget. Nice work, thanks,” one user posted after downloading the latest version of the app.

The application is expected to continue growing in the coming weeks and months, and you can download the Microsoft Launcher APK right now from Softpedia.

The number of downloads has finally surpassed the 10 million milestone
The number of downloads has finally surpassed the 10 million milestone

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