🚀 SL 6.5 build 032 patch 1

- Fixed an issue that caused the Icon Appearance screen to crash in some cases.

⛱️ Just a quick note: the team will be on break next week. We won’t post any updates during this time, but we’ll be back on June 16.

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🚀 SL 6.5 build 033

- Free users can now read up to 30 articles in Your Feed (was 10)
- Added option to hide the feed source selector in Your Feed
- Updated translations
- Bug fixes

🚀 SL 6.5 build 034

- As part of our agreement with Microsoft, the Microsoft News page has been removed. If you were still using it, it will now be automatically replaced by Your Feed.
- Fixed an issue where some images didn’t load properly in Your Feed.
- Updated the target and compile SDK to Android 16 (no functional changes expected).
- Updated translations.

🚀 SL 6.5 build 034 patch 1

- Fixed the back button behavior in the App Page on Android 16.

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🚀 SL 6.5 build 035

New Feature: Dock! (Very early preview)
We know there are glitches and UX issues. Please try it and share your feedback.

How to enable
1. Long press on Version Info to unlock experimental features.
2. Open Grid Properties and look for Dock settings.

What you can do with the Dock
- Set any number of columns and rows
- Place both icons and widgets
- Set multiple dock pages

Other changes
- The experimental menu now uses Material You colors

Update: We found several bugs in this release, we suggest to wait the next update.

🚀 SL 6.5 build 036 patch 1

- Fixed a bug where updating from an older version would set all dock properties to 0.
- Min dock rows is now 1.
- Fixed a problem with a recently updated library that caused the Widget Stack configuration activity to crash at launch.

🚀 SL 6.5 build 036 patch 2

- Fixed a bug where certain home animations didn’t work if the dock was disabled
- Fixed an issue that caused some home items to appear cropped during the Free Fall animation
- Added a placeholder UI shown only if the dock has never been used, to help users recognize its location after enabling it

🚀 SL 6.5 build 037

⭐️ New features!
- New double-finger gestures: pinch (in/out) and rotate (clockwise/counterclockwise)*
- Added option to allow OEM customization of app icons*
- News articles now open in a Chrome Custom Tab
- Search page now supports unit conversions (temperature, length, capacity, and more)
- Track your shipments directly from the search page (DHL, UPS and more)
- Increased maximum dock pages to 10

*Requires enabling experimental options

🚀 SL 6.5 build 038

This update includes several under-the-hood changes, delivering fixes and solid, minor improvements.

- Fixed an issue where icon label size settings were not applied correctly.
- Improved performance and user experience when dragging and dropping items on the home screen.
- Refined the preferences UI with better spacing and improved proportions.