{"id":68504,"date":"2014-06-23T21:43:45","date_gmt":"2014-06-23T19:43:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/?p=68504"},"modified":"2025-07-02T00:37:54","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T07:37:54","slug":"yahoo-aviate-android-launcher-out-of-beta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/yahoo-aviate-android-launcher-out-of-beta\/","title":{"rendered":"Yahoo&#8217;s Aviate smart-launcher leaves beta with new interface and communication features"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After months of beta testing, Yahoo&#8217;s <a title=\"Aviate by Yahoo!\" href=\"http:\/\/aviate.yahoo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Aviate<\/a> smart-launcher is finally ready for prime time. Aviate learns how you use your phone and <strong>recommends apps<\/strong> based on your location and the time of day.<\/p>\n<p>For example, Aviate will suggest news apps in the morning to get you caught up with the day&#8217;s headlines. The update also brings news summaries courtesy of Yahoo&#8217;s <a title=\"Yahoo News Digest Apple Design Awards 2014\" href=\"https:\/\/developer.apple.com\/design\/awards\/2014\/Yahoo-News-Digest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">award-winning<\/a> <strong>News Digest<\/strong> <a title=\"Download Yahoo News Digest\" href=\"http:\/\/yahoo-news-digest.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">app<\/a>. At night, Aviate may recommend the <a title=\"Kindle for Android\" href=\"http:\/\/kindle.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kindle<\/a> app for some reading before bed. It will <strong>learn how you use your phone<\/strong> and will update its recommendations. You can also add your own apps to speed up the process.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of Brightcove Player --><\/p>\n<div>\nDefault player\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\nBy use of this code snippet, I agree to the Brightcove Publisher T and C \nfound at https:\/\/accounts.brightcove.com\/en\/terms-and-conditions\/. \n--><\/p>\n<p><object><\/object><\/p>\n<p><!-- \nThis script tag will cause the Brightcove Players defined above it to be created as soon\nas the line is read by the browser. If you wish to have the player instantiated only after\nthe rest of the HTML is processed and the page load is complete, remove the line.\n--><br \/>\nbrightcove.createExperiences();<\/p>\n<p><!-- End of Brightcove Player --><\/p>\n<p>Aviate also gives you <strong>transit times<\/strong>, <strong>directions<\/strong> to your next meeting, and detailed information about <strong>nearby points of interest<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s update features a <strong>slight redesign<\/strong> and quick access to <a title=\"Communication category\" href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/t\/communication\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">communication<\/a> apps. Swipe up from the bottom of the home screen to bring up a list of your <strong>favorite contacts<\/strong> to quickly call or text.<\/p>\n<p>The launcher also supports <strong>icon packs<\/strong> so you can customize its looks a little. Although it doesn&#8217;t offer as many customization features as other launchers, Aviate does help you get things done faster.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-68508\" title=\"Aviate icon pack\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2014\/06\/Aviate-icon-pack-361x568.png\" alt=\"Aviate icon pack\" width=\"361\" height=\"568\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2014\/06\/Aviate-icon-pack-361x568.png 361w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2014\/06\/Aviate-icon-pack-163x256.png 163w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2014\/06\/Aviate-icon-pack.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 361px) 100vw, 361px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Aviate update should be <strong>rolling out today<\/strong>, but some users are still seeing the old version, which requires a invite code. Check the download link below to see if you have access to the update.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Aviate for Android download\" href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.tul.aviate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download Aviate for Android<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a title=\"Aviate by Yahoo\" href=\"http:\/\/aviate.yahoo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Aviate<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Via: <a title=\"The Verge\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2014\/6\/23\/5834408\/yahoo-aviate-intelligent-home-screen-app-leaves-beta\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Verge<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Lewis on Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lewisleong\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@lewisleong<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h4>RELATED STORIES<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/nokia-z-launcher-android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nokia debuts a contextual Android launcher<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/path-talk-messenger-for-android-ios\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Path Talk messaging app combines features from Snapchat and Foursquare<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/features.en.softonic.com\/facebook-slingshot-different-than-snapchat\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Slingshot isn&#8217;t Snapchat: 9 things to know about Facebook&#8217;s new app<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After months of beta testing, Yahoo&#8217;s Aviate smart-launcher is finally ready for prime time. Aviate learns how you use your phone and recommends apps based on your location and the time of day. For example, Aviate will suggest news apps in the morning to get you caught up with the day&#8217;s headlines. The update also &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/yahoo-aviate-android-launcher-out-of-beta\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Yahoo&#8217;s Aviate smart-launcher leaves beta with new interface and communication features&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2033,"featured_media":68507,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[2619],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-68504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionyahoo"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2033"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68504"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68504\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":330583,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68504\/revisions\/330583"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68504"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=68504"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=68504"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=68504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}