Chameleon Android launcher hits version 1.1, adds support for native widgets

It's not every day that we cover launchers of any kind, but when we heard the Kickstarter-funded Chameleon had been updated to version 1.1, we thought those of you who have supported the project since its early days would be happy to hear the news. And while the refresh itself doesn't bring many changes, it does include the long-awaited support for stock Android widgets -- not to mention a few welcomed improvements to the current Twitter, Google Calendar and YouTube homescreen-living apparatuses. Naturally, these will go hand to hand with those tweaks announced less than a month ago in version 1.0 of the tablet launcher. There's a video courtesy of Chameleon situated down below -- in case you're interested in seeing what all the fuss is about before you download the Android commodities.

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Chameleon Launcher Updated (Again) To v0.9.2, Brings Improved Memory Usage, Performance Enhancements, And Smaller File Size

Two days ago, Chameleon received an update that brought one of the biggest features yet: the widget API. Not content with one big update this week, however, the Chameleon Team has just push a major performance-improving build to the Play Store, bringing the launcher up to v0.9.2.

The list of fixes and improvements is a good one this go around:

Major improvement to memory usage.Much faster start-up, especially for devices running ICS or newer.More stable, with several bug and crash fixes.Improved adding/removing of Dashboards.Improved Time/Date based conditions (Dashboard context).Improved “Edit Conditions” View (now faster and uses less memory).Drastically improved issues with Widgets appearing blank or being drawn twice.Reduced size of .apk file.Added a countdown timer graphic to Dashboard switching prompt.

If v0.9.0 was the biggest feature update to Chameleon thus far, v0.9.2 is undoubtedly the large performance-enhancing update yet. After messing around with this build for just a few minutes, I can definitely feel the difference - everything is sharper, more fluid, and just all around faster. If you're a Chameleon beta tester, you'll definitely want to install this as soon as possible.

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