Most of them do offer more customization and larger views of the time and date, though. Of course there are plenty of other excellent Android launchers, such as 360, C, Cheetah, and Smart, but none of those lets you order icons automatically by the most frequently used apps. Makes sense, doesn't it? After using Arrow, I started to wonder why the OS doesn't already work like this, and why other launchers don't follow suit. If you're on a stock Android device, however, you won't see TouchWiz as your other option, but rather a cleaner, more Arrow-like experience. On my test Samsung Galaxy S6, the TouchWiz option from Samsung also shows up in a panel as an option when I hit the home button unless you want to have to make this choice every time you hit the button, you can set Arrow as the default. It then asks you to confirm at least five of your most frequently used apps. When you first run the app, it analyzes your installed apps to find which you use most. You find and install the Arrow launcher just as you would any other Android app, from Google Play, where it's just a 7MB download that runs on Android 4.0.3 and later. Given that Arrow has had more than a million downloads, it seems that I'm not the only one who wants more clarity in the Android experience. Enter Microsoft Garage (Opens in a new window)'s Arrow Launcher app, which is designed to simplify this experience. When you swipe in either direction on the home screen, you get pages of widgets, icons, and settings, but never, it seems, what you need. If you use a skinned Android interface like that on the popular Samsung Galaxy S6 ($129.72 at Amazon) (Opens in a new window), you know that it's not exactly straightforward. Less customizable than other launchers.How to Set Up Two-Factor Authentication.

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