Google Pixel smartphones include the Pixel Launcher, the default dwelling display screen expertise that defines Google’s imaginative and prescient for android. However, it has a longstanding quirk: it truncates app names in the app drawer, which may be irritating for customers preferring to see the full title displayed. Thankfully, an answer seems to be on the horizon.
Currently, the Pixel Launcher has to shorten app names in the event that they’re too lengthy to make sure all of them match neatly on the display screen. In truth, the Pixel launcher does not even have an choice to show the title in two traces, which might be a neater method to show the names of apps which have greater than phrase. Instead, relying in your show and font dimension settings, app names resembling “Play Store” may be reduce off to show simply “Play Sto…” which, in my case, triggers that good previous OCD.
However, in keeping with a report by Android professional Mishaal Rahman (by way of Android Authority), one upcoming change in Android 15 will implement this two-line app label resolution for many who wish to see their app names in full. Other launchers implement this properly, resembling the Moto G’s myUX and Samsung’s One UI (though I hear that has modified since One UI 6).
This possibility was discovered whereas digging via the code of the newest Android 15 Beta, the place a hidden toggle appeared in the Pixel Launcher settings: “present lengthy app names”. The description is easy, stating “Display lengthy app names on two traces in search outcomes and apps checklist.” When you flip this on, your app names will show throughout two traces in search outcomes and the app drawer, making them simpler to learn at a look.
New “Show lengthy app names” toggle and how turning it on impacts app names in the dwelling and search screens
Credit: Android Authority
While a seemingly minor change, this new function shall be a welcome change for Pixel customers who’ve lengthy disliked abbreviated app names. With the skill to see the full app title, customers can extra simply determine the app they’re on the lookout for, saving them time and effort, to not point out, it positively seems higher.
