Google Now Launcher
E356769
Google Now Launcher was Google’s former Android home screen app that integrated Google Now cards and voice search directly into the launcher experience.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Google Now | 3 |
| Google Experience Launcher | 2 |
| Google Now Launcher canonical | 1 |
| Google Now feed | 1 |
| Google Now pane | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3421072 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Google Now Launcher Context triple: [Pixel Launcher, replaces, Google Now Launcher]
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A.
Google Now on Tap
Google Now on Tap was an Android feature that provided context-aware search and assistance by analyzing on-screen content and offering relevant information and actions without leaving the current app.
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B.
Mobile Launcher 2
Mobile Launcher 2 was one of NASA’s Saturn V launch platforms at Kennedy Space Center, supporting Apollo-era missions by providing the structure and services needed to prepare and launch the rockets.
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C.
Google Play Services
Google Play Services is a core Android background framework from Google that provides essential APIs and services—such as authentication, location, and push notifications—to apps distributed through the Google Play ecosystem.
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D.
Google One Android app
Google One Android app is a mobile application that lets Google One subscribers manage their cloud storage, access support, and use member benefits directly from their Android devices.
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E.
Google Assistant
Google Assistant is Google's AI-powered virtual assistant that provides voice-activated help, information, and smart device control across phones, speakers, watches, and other connected devices.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Google Now Launcher Target entity description: Google Now Launcher was Google’s former Android home screen app that integrated Google Now cards and voice search directly into the launcher experience.
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A.
Google Now on Tap
Google Now on Tap was an Android feature that provided context-aware search and assistance by analyzing on-screen content and offering relevant information and actions without leaving the current app.
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B.
Mobile Launcher 2
Mobile Launcher 2 was one of NASA’s Saturn V launch platforms at Kennedy Space Center, supporting Apollo-era missions by providing the structure and services needed to prepare and launch the rockets.
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C.
Google Play Services
Google Play Services is a core Android background framework from Google that provides essential APIs and services—such as authentication, location, and push notifications—to apps distributed through the Google Play ecosystem.
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D.
Google One Android app
Google One Android app is a mobile application that lets Google One subscribers manage their cloud storage, access support, and use member benefits directly from their Android devices.
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E.
Google Assistant
Google Assistant is Google's AI-powered virtual assistant that provides voice-activated help, information, and smart device control across phones, speakers, watches, and other connected devices.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Android launcher
ⓘ
mobile application ⓘ |
| availability | discontinued ⓘ |
| category |
Google Mobile Services suite
ⓘ
surface form:
Google mobile software
|
| developer | Google ⓘ |
| distribution |
Google Play Store
ⓘ
preinstalled on some Nexus devices ⓘ |
| feature |
Google Now cards on leftmost home screen
ⓘ
Google Now integration ⓘ Google search bar on home screen ⓘ app drawer access ⓘ home screen folders ⓘ home screen widgets support ⓘ icon customization via app shortcuts ⓘ voice search integration ⓘ “OK Google” hotword detection ⓘ |
| formerName |
Google Now Launcher
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Google Experience Launcher
|
| genre | home screen launcher ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
Google Now Launcher
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Google Now pane
app drawer ⓘ dock row for favorite apps ⓘ home screen grid ⓘ |
| initiallyReleasedAs |
Google Now Launcher
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Google Experience Launcher
|
| integratesWith |
Google Discover
ⓘ
surface form:
Google Now
Google Search ⓘ Google app ⓘ |
| language | multilingual interface ⓘ |
| license | proprietary software ⓘ |
| operatingSystem | Android ⓘ |
| partOf | Google Android software ecosystem ⓘ |
| platform | Android ⓘ |
| primaryInput |
touchscreen
ⓘ
voice commands ⓘ |
| purpose |
enable quick voice search from home screen
ⓘ
provide Google-centric home screen experience ⓘ surface contextual Google Now cards ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Pixel Launcher ⓘ |
| runsOn |
Android devices with Google Play Services
ⓘ
Nexus (Google smartphone line) ⓘ
surface form:
Nexus devices
|
| status | no longer supported ⓘ |
| supports |
app icon rearrangement
ⓘ
multiple home screens ⓘ wallpaper customization ⓘ |
| targetUserGroup |
Android smartphone users
ⓘ
Android tablet users ⓘ |
| userInterface | Material Design-inspired interface ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Google Now Launcher Description of subject: Google Now Launcher was Google’s former Android home screen app that integrated Google Now cards and voice search directly into the launcher experience.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Google Now
this entity surface form:
Google Now
this entity surface form:
Google Now
this entity surface form:
Google Experience Launcher
this entity surface form:
Google Experience Launcher
this entity surface form:
Google Now pane
this entity surface form:
Google Now feed