When windows OS came out, I bought a lumia 820. And seeing this brings back everything. Windows mobile was sleek, and it felt just enough for the day to day stuff. Shame it's gone now....
While all the UI of the other OS of that time looks dated now but windows UI is classic and sleek, it will never age. Look how cool and modern it looks
I love 925, one of my dream phones are the Lumia 92x series because they have this compact, unique, sexy hardware design, especially the 925. But I ended up buying Lumia 830
I've owned at least 6 different Windows Phone devices. Launcher 10 is the best Windows Phone inspired launcher for Android. It even offers some live tile functionality for a small cost.
I love the Live Tiles , it's the best expression or I should say symbology for the Windows OS and still love having it on Windows 10. I don't know why Microsoft allowed themselves to be robbed of a great idea.
Absolutely windows phone was something good, smooth, responsive , affordable. And i love the microsoft services integration. If they lauch the lumia series again, without thinking i will buy 1 ❤
@@TheHopelessGeek I hope they will recreate what they have started, just improve the app situation that will be great 👍 also adding to that, cortana was really intelligent and I loved it.
Coming initially from Windows Phone and having also used couple of years Launcher 10.... I can confirm that Square Home is an outstanding launcher that gives back some of that feeling... Performance and features are excellent.... Hope it lives and upgrades long!
The live tiles concept was excellent and suited the Windows brand beautifully. From what I understood, it was extremely popular with users. The only reason Windows Phone failed was because it lacked apps.
I was a big fan of windows phone. I still have Nokia Lumi 730. It's working perfectly alright without support. I am still hopeful for come back of windows phone
Hello! I used it for around 2 days on Vivo X70 pro. There wasn't any battery drainage, however, my phone got a tad slow. For example, switching between apps, force kill an app...was much smoother and faster in the custom launcher than this one. I also noticed that if I plugged in a USB and played any audio, it won't work with my music player app. Apart from these two issues, I found none.
Some of those phones act up weird when you use third party launchers. The app animations won't be smooth and multi tasking gestures sometimes don't work.
@@TheHopelessGeek The app animations, live tiles, etc. were smooth. I only faced those 2 issues I mentioned above. By the way, I appreciate how you reply to each and every comment. It really takes a lot of time and patience 👏
Its so sad that Microsoft left the phone industry. I really love their UI interface and how quick their phones even if it only equipped inferior chipset
Hopefully Microsoft Windows Mobile for phones will make a comeback. As a customer of multiple PCs that were Windows based such as 95, 98 and XP which performed great, my wish is to someday own a Windows based smart phone providing they make a comeback. With Microsoft's wealth of experience in software and it's multi trillion dollar financial wealth, Microsoft has the potential to come out with a phone OS that combines the best of Android and iOS. Such a phone OS would revolutionize phones and take it to the next step.
Things were good, but Microsoft messed up by trying to make Windows mobile OS an exclusive thing instead of widely available for manufacturers, like Android did.
15:30 You can literally still do that on the internet today, forums and "do-it-yourself websites" still exist today, that freedom isn't gone. The main issue is that basically all major non-Mainland Chinese websites are linked to major social media platforms and conform to the ToS of the Apple App Store and Google Play, but outside of those major websites there are plenty of old websites and even new ones where you're still free.
There was a similar app, I forgot it's name but that app was the closest and the most Windows Metro like launcher than even this Square Home app. That app had even progressing loading dots just like Windows metro and much more. But the downside was that it was a Chinese app and it got removed from the playstore.😅
"Free" means there is an ad popup when I'm trying to do something on the phone, or at best, it prompts you to buy the premium version. And at worst, its probably malware to steal personal data, passwords, and bank accounts.
Can anyone explain what happens when you choose this as the layout operating system instead of One Ui? What happens to you Android home screen layout, phone preferences etc? Do you have to sign in to all of your apps again? If you don't like it, or find issues when using it, and decide to uninstall it, will all of you home screen layout, folders etc be in their exact place without any changes, or do you have to redo everything again?
@TheHopelessGeek 9 years ago I had a 8 7.5 inch full windows tablet, I played fallout 3, NV, skyrim and minecraft on it at decent frame rates.. looking at it now it's just a bit bigger than my phone... it was made ten years ago
16:40 I don't see those as negatives, I miss the shocksites and all the shocking things that used to be normal. We can keep social media for the sanitised version of the internet, today it is actually more difficult to even find footage of tragedies because many of those websites aren't indexed by search engines and you must be "in the know" to find them. When I was a kid we were watching Happy Tree Friends in elementary school and we tricked our teacher into believing it was a normal cartoon. Zoomers today just didn't grow up with it and they get shocked when they see the smallest of negativity. Anti-fragility is a good thing.
squarehome2.blogspot.com/p/faq.html?m=1. if you click the link the very first question on page talks about 14 day trail. There is a free version after 14 day but it's not clear on what exactly the trail feature are. I like it I'm just hoping after 14 days my set up won't be messed up or taken away
I recently got an old 2015 Microsoft Lumia 950 from a friend at school and I wish interface design is what the Americans and Koreans should’ve copied - I’d pay anything for Samsung or Apple to take Microsoft’s keyboard!
Windows phone os was really good, even their phones, but their app store, and app support was so ass, updates would even usually come at last for Windows os.
@@TheHopelessGeek No, not really, but I think you can kind of make it look like that. Edit: I also choose Sl6 over square home because I find square home very cumbersome.
When windows OS came out, I bought a lumia 820. And seeing this brings back everything. Windows mobile was sleek, and it felt just enough for the day to day stuff. Shame it's gone now....
Yeah, it was incredibly vivid and playful. A fun OS 🙂
I'd buy a windows phone even today 👌
It's worth it, just for aesthetics alone 😅. I'm looking for a good condition Lumia 1020, the camera champ.👌🏼
@@TheHopelessGeek Haha .. anyday I'd still prefer WP. Hoping they'll bring it back.
@@TheHopelessGeek I hope you don't wanna jailbreak it to put android 😂
Why isn’t Microsoft making their own tile version of android? That would set them apart in the android market.
They already have a launcher. It's harder than we think to break through the app market these days, even for Microsoft
Apple and Google have the entire mobile os in a chokehold sadly😢
Well, they could build a UI like that. Android is open source after all. Companies are allowed to build a skin or UI on top of it.🙂
Yes, the Microsoft launcher is quite good.
@@TheHopelessGeekwhat is it called?
While all the UI of the other OS of that time looks dated now but windows UI is classic and sleek, it will never age. Look how cool and modern it looks
Yeah, it's timeless 👌🏼
That is straight up false wtff
It's subjective. Looks and preferences cannot objectively be true or false.
@@TheHopelessGeek
True but im a hater. And ive used windows phone for 7 years straight. It was the worst time of my life
That's your opinion and it's okay👍🏽
I had a Lumia 435 but I accidentally broke it 5 years ago. Now I'm crying when I see this remembering the memories that I had with that phone.😥
Good old days 🥺
me toooooo bro. coincidence
🙂✌🏼
same here 😢
Same here mine lumia 730😢
I miss those live tiles! Nokia Lumia 930 was a beast. Thanks for this 😊
Windows phones were truly iconic! 🤩
I love 925, one of my dream phones are the Lumia 92x series because they have this compact, unique, sexy hardware design, especially the 925. But I ended up buying Lumia 830
Do you still have it, lying around somewhere?
Watching this on Lumia 930
Lucky you!
man..I miss WP. was so cool and fast. Even the most cheaper version was fast
Yeah, the animations were fluid and UI navigation was unique 😍
@@TheHopelessGeek yeah 😢😢😢
If there wasnt a lack of development for the Microsoft store then it would actually be successful 😢
So many wonderful platforms faded away because of this. 🫣
I've been using Square Home for about a year now, it's fantastic!
Yes, and it's free too 🙂
I've owned at least 6 different Windows Phone devices. Launcher 10 is the best Windows Phone inspired launcher for Android. It even offers some live tile functionality for a small cost.
Yeah, but this one has live tiles for free 😅 but the app drawer isn't that accurate.
I love the Live Tiles , it's the best expression or I should say symbology for the Windows OS and still love having it on Windows 10. I don't know why Microsoft allowed themselves to be robbed of a great idea.
I always loved windows phone... thanks for meeting me with that home screen
🙂👍🏼enjoy
Win 11 type would be insane bruh insane insane
I've been using this for nearly a year now... Still rocks
😎✌🏼 it's a cool launcher
I Loved the tiles on my windows Phone. This Looks great ❤
Yeah, they were truly unique
Absolutely windows phone was something good, smooth, responsive , affordable. And i love the microsoft services integration. If they lauch the lumia series again, without thinking i will buy 1 ❤
Me too. I missed out on the last ones. I would definitely give it a try if they come back 🙂
@@TheHopelessGeek I hope they will recreate what they have started, just improve the app situation that will be great 👍 also adding to that, cortana was really intelligent and I loved it.
😄 hopefully they do.. someday
Eagerly expecting windows phones
😅They may not return in the same capacity, but here's hoping🤞🏻
Being a Windows phone fan, it feels nostalgic.. Microsoft should lauch this as an option of customisation for their launcher app.
Yeah, they could at least release parts of the good old Windows Phone OS for enthusiasts to use.
Uso ele há anos a versão paga, simplesmente fenomenal esse launcher
In 2011 I had the htc surround 7 my first smart phone. Man good memories with that lol
HTC was the goat! I remember wanting a desire 808 so badly! Those speakers 🔊 😭
This is what i use. I love it!
It's quite unique🙂
No matter how many Windows Launcher apps in Android but it's doesn't match the Original Windows Phone's sexy look ❤️
Yes, nothing can replace the OG 🔥
I have been using this launcher for years and there has been no issue whatsoever. This is the best launcher ever for any version of Android.
I didn't know this has been around for that long 😃👏🏼
It looks even cooler with the transparent tiles 😝
😄that's a nice look too, but I prefer the classic blue tiles.
Coming initially from Windows Phone and having also used couple of years Launcher 10.... I can confirm that Square Home is an outstanding launcher that gives back some of that feeling... Performance and features are excellent.... Hope it lives and upgrades long!
🙂👍🏼
The live tiles concept was excellent and suited the Windows brand beautifully. From what I understood, it was extremely popular with users. The only reason Windows Phone failed was because it lacked apps.
Yeah, it's a shame that Microsoft fell behind Apple and Google Android
I was a big fan of windows phone. I still have Nokia Lumi 730. It's working perfectly alright without support. I am still hopeful for come back of windows phone
It's great that you still have one!
I like Launcher 10 app best, but It's good that this one is available as well.
🙂 launcher 10 is nice, but the live tiles are behind a paywall😅
i think Microsoft should hire me. yup I'll do it.gonna re release the windows phone with its own ecosystem.
Windows has wide compatibility without needing a dedicated ecosystem. That's why it's so widely used around the world.🙂
@@TheHopelessGeek i meant its own mobile app store,watch,headsets etc
Ah, I see
Vi tu vídeo y me animé a instalar ésta app... De momento va muy bien! Gracias 😁
😊👍🏽
Cool. Can't wait
Can't wait for what? 🙂
for it to happens@@TheHopelessGeek
Been using this since the past 2 years.. never went back to custom launcher since then.. 🔥
🙂It's quite a nice launcher. Have you noticed any battery drain or something unusual?
Hello! I used it for around 2 days on Vivo X70 pro. There wasn't any battery drainage, however, my phone got a tad slow. For example, switching between apps, force kill an app...was much smoother and faster in the custom launcher than this one. I also noticed that if I plugged in a USB and played any audio, it won't work with my music player app. Apart from these two issues, I found none.
Some of those phones act up weird when you use third party launchers. The app animations won't be smooth and multi tasking gestures sometimes don't work.
@@TheHopelessGeek The app animations, live tiles, etc. were smooth. I only faced those 2 issues I mentioned above. By the way, I appreciate how you reply to each and every comment. It really takes a lot of time and patience 👏
I try to answer as many as I can. Some slip through or get falsely flagged as spam, like yours was😅
I've tried it a couple of times. It's a decent launcher.
Yes, it's pretty good
For me, the best Windows phone launcher is Launcher 10
It is very good. But the live tiles are locked behind a paid subscription
@@TheHopelessGeek I made free purchases through Lucky Patcher
I love nokia lumia phones..i used to have 3 lumia phones : lumia 1020, lumia 640 and lumia 930
The 1020 was, and still is, an iconic gadget🤩👏🏼
This made me remember my old Microsoft lumia 535
🥹
Thank you so much for this video...i was searching for this...
🙂👍🏼 there's another one called Launcher 10. Try that too!
Will never be the same.
True, because it's running on an entirely different operating system 😂
Its so sad that Microsoft left the phone industry. I really love their UI interface and how quick their phones even if it only equipped inferior chipset
Yeah, they put too much effort into making Windows phone OS an exclusive thing, instead of developing a good app ecosystem for it.
🎉😊 nice work 👍
Thanks!
Hopefully Microsoft Windows Mobile for phones will make a comeback. As a customer of multiple PCs that were Windows based such as 95, 98 and XP which performed great, my wish is to someday own a Windows based smart phone providing they make a comeback. With Microsoft's wealth of experience in software and it's multi trillion dollar financial wealth, Microsoft has the potential to come out with a phone OS that combines the best of Android and iOS. Such a phone OS would revolutionize phones and take it to the next step.
Things were good, but Microsoft messed up by trying to make Windows mobile OS an exclusive thing instead of widely available for manufacturers, like Android did.
I have used lumia 920 yellow. It was a great phone.
Nice! 🙂
Only on Android?
I have iPhone and I can’t find
“Square Home”
I guess it isn't on the App Store.. I'm not sure 🤔
Imagine if you installed that lanucher on Microsoft Surface Duo.
I wonder how this scales across those two screens 😅
S10+ was the best S design ever
Ah, this phone does resemble the S10+, but it's the Honor Magic4 Pro 🙂
Loved one, unique ui means Windows. ❤
It was quite iconic 🤌🏽✨
My favorite launcher
The customization is endless
It's very good 👍🏼😊
Name launcher
This one is called Square Home.
15:30 You can literally still do that on the internet today, forums and "do-it-yourself websites" still exist today, that freedom isn't gone. The main issue is that basically all major non-Mainland Chinese websites are linked to major social media platforms and conform to the ToS of the Apple App Store and Google Play, but outside of those major websites there are plenty of old websites and even new ones where you're still free.
I say again, you might be lost, my friend. Your timestamp and comment makes no sense here.
I expected to see the menu if it is same as windows OS.
Yeah, it isn't replicated all the way
I loved windows Lumia phones....wish they'd revive them
Yeah, but they locked down the software. That's what killed its adoption
You:windows launcher for Android
Me:I have the nokia and Microsoft phone😂😂😂
😭don't flex on me like that!
Can you check your app drawer by swiping to the left? 🤨🤨🤨
It doesn't look quite like a Windows Phone, I get it. 😅
There was a similar app, I forgot it's name but that app was the closest and the most Windows Metro like launcher than even this Square Home app. That app had even progressing loading dots just like Windows metro and much more. But the downside was that it was a Chinese app and it got removed from the playstore.😅
Oh, I see. 😅 Let me know if you remember its name.
When I was kid i love this UI in Nokia mobile 🥰
Yeah, those were the iconic days of Lumia 🔥
What nokia should do on their andoid phones, a launcher inspired on windows phone 10
Yes, this is a launcher for any Android phone that mimics the look of Windows mobile.
If windows gives his original pc version OS on Mobile then it will fail android for 100 % They should do it
Crazy how much customization you can do on an android by an app
Yeah, it's so easy! 🙂
I have a tablet so….
*WINDOWS TABLET*
Cool! 😄
So basically it was bunch of widgets for apps which took up entire screen 😅
Yes, like a chunkier version of iOS, but the widgets had more viewing space
I miss my windows phone. back when my zune sub let me keep songs AND STREAM.
I missed out on all these iconic tech gadgets. By the time I was old enough, all we saw were these identical metal and glass rectangles
is the launcher also on app store? i bet not cuz apple doesnt have launchers
No, I think not. 😅
"Free" means there is an ad popup when I'm trying to do something on the phone, or at best, it prompts you to buy the premium version. And at worst, its probably malware to steal personal data, passwords, and bank accounts.
Nope. I saw none of those. And I dunno why Google would allow malware to be downloaded by thousands of people from their official play store.
This launcher is great I used it.When I use it, I feel if I have gone back in time
It's definitely nostalgic 🥹
I’m gonna download
🙂👍🏽cool
My favourite Lumia 1520!
My dream phone was the 1020. I couldn't afford it back then 😅
Try launcher 8
I have tried launcher 10. Is it similar?
Can anyone explain what happens when you choose this as the layout operating system instead of One Ui?
What happens to you Android home screen layout, phone preferences etc? Do you have to sign in to all of your apps again? If you don't like it, or find issues when using it, and decide to uninstall it, will all of you home screen layout, folders etc be in their exact place without any changes, or do you have to redo everything again?
No, this launcher is an independent app. Your previous apps, homescreen, data, are untouched. This gives you an alternative homescreen, that's all
I just want a windows phone that can be put in desktop mode to play older pc games like oblivion and fallout
For that, you would need a windows phone with desktop OS version on it, not the Windows "mobile" OS.
@@TheHopelessGeek duhhh
That feature was available in some windows phones to have a desktop environment with a monitor plugged in, but it was the same mobile OS extended.
@TheHopelessGeek 9 years ago I had a 8
7.5 inch full windows tablet, I played fallout 3, NV, skyrim and minecraft on it at decent frame rates.. looking at it now it's just a bit bigger than my phone... it was made ten years ago
Very cool! Which tablet was it?
OMG I INSTALLED THIS APP!
How do you like it so far? 🙂
@@TheHopelessGeek Like ∞/10
Awesome 😎👍🏼
Would this app be better or launcher10 which is also another app for windows tiles
I found it to be better because it has live tiles for free. But the app drawer sucks here. Launcher 10 looks better in other regards.
@@TheHopelessGeekThe update has improved the UI of the drawer quite a bit.
That's great!
These apps seems so unique but they use lot of Battery
Yes, some aren't well optimised. This one didn't give me too much of an issue though
The snappiest OS ever!. Beyond Nothing compared. Even a low tier device it can run smoothly.
Yeah, it was optimised so well!
They say windows phones ain't support WhatsApp and other apps like it used to be, is that correct??
I wouldn't know, I don't have a Windows Phone. This phone is just an Android device with a windows UI launcher.
Will Lumia phones make a comeback?
I doubt it, because the Windows Phone OS is no longer available
16:40 I don't see those as negatives, I miss the shocksites and all the shocking things that used to be normal. We can keep social media for the sanitised version of the internet, today it is actually more difficult to even find footage of tragedies because many of those websites aren't indexed by search engines and you must be "in the know" to find them. When I was a kid we were watching Happy Tree Friends in elementary school and we tricked our teacher into believing it was a normal cartoon. Zoomers today just didn't grow up with it and they get shocked when they see the smallest of negativity. Anti-fragility is a good thing.
You might be lost, my friend. Your timestamp and comment makes no sense here.
🎉😮❤wow I posted in playstore wishlist!
You can download it for free immediately, why Wishlist?😅
which brand of fone is this? model?
The phone is Honor Magic4 Pro running Android 14.
If they got good app support, by now windows phone would be competing with ios
That's true. I wish Microsoft didn't make it so hard for manufacturers to get it onboard their devices
It has a 14 day trail. What feature are taken away after 14 days?
Wait, really? I thought it had a "free forever" plan 🤔
squarehome2.blogspot.com/p/faq.html?m=1. if you click the link the very first question on page talks about 14 day trail. There is a free version after 14 day but it's not clear on what exactly the trail feature are. I like it I'm just hoping after 14 days my set up won't be messed up or taken away
Launcher10: am i a joke to you
I've tried launcher 10. I noticed that the live tiles are behind a paywall
I thought i was alone..... I miss windows phone too
😅I missed out on owning one of these. Now it's just regret
Isn't there something like this for the iPhone?
A launcher? I don't think there is.
Sir yeh konsa phone hain ___or kab launch hoyega sir
This phone is my Honor Magic4 Pro. I got it back in May 2022 from Hong Kong. It is not available in India officially.
@@TheHopelessGeek okay sir nd thanku so much❤
No problem 🙂
Windows UI ❤️🔥
It uses to be pretty cool!
Super😊
Thanks 🙏🏼
I recently got an old 2015 Microsoft Lumia 950 from a friend at school and I wish interface design is what the Americans and Koreans should’ve copied - I’d pay anything for Samsung or Apple to take Microsoft’s keyboard!
They were so iconic ✨
thank you, i like it
🙂👍🏾
Phone model...??
Honor Magic4 Pro LGE-NX9
Is your phone a mi?
It's the Honor Magic4 Pro 🙂
How do you use gesture controls with other launcher
Most of them support the basic Android navigation gestures.
Thank you!
I subscribing to you!
Thanks 👍🏼
@@TheHopelessGeek No problem!
How to update all app to tiles without adding every app
I'm not sure if there's a shortcut setting for that.
Is this app has Live Tiles 😃
Yeah, it's my favourite feature!
Windows phone os was really good, even their phones, but their app store, and app support was so ass, updates would even usually come at last for Windows os.
Yeah, Microsoft kinda did the users dirty with the longevity
Windows 8 is alway here...
Where? On a phone?🙂
@@TheHopelessGeek it's hide in every device...
Windows 8 is hidden in every device? What do you mean? 🤔
😂😂😂but will it take charge na 😮😢
If you're asking about battery drain, I personally didn't notice a huge difference. But yes, there will be some consumption for sure.
What is the First phone on the vídeo ?
It's the Honor Magic4 Pro.
@@TheHopelessGeek tanks
🙂👍🏾
No launcher can replace windows phone
Because it doesn't exist anymore.😂
@@TheHopelessGeek, i'm still using windows phone now, i have lumia 640 as my main phone and i love it
Wow. Too bad they stopped making new ones.🙂
@@TheHopelessGeek, I agree with you
Which was the last Lumia ever made? Do you know?🤔
Hard to set up...prefer launcher 10
Hm.. it does have a lot of options. But I see it as an upside. More customisable 🙂
I personally use SL 6.
Smart Launcher 6? Does it have a Windows Phone theme?
@@TheHopelessGeek
No, not really, but I think you can kind of make it look like that.
Edit: I also choose Sl6 over square home because I find square home very cumbersome.
I see. Yeah, Square home doesn't have the best app drawer
I have square home and is awesome!
Yeah, it's pretty good and free
@@TheHopelessGeek yup, I made my Phone look like Windows Phone 8
Reminds me of my Lumia phone 🤩
Those were the days of the OG phones! 😎