blind android users episode 13, every android phone has a launcher

Thank you for joining us on Episode 13.
This episode is presented by:
· Ed Green
· Warren Carr
· Austin Pinto
And with our special guest, Rushikesh Kamewar.
In this episode, we cover…
Announcements
Lots of news this week. Austin updates us on:
· Warren appeared on an episode of Applevis in a debate on which operating system was better – Android or iOS. We all know the answer obviously!
but check out the show
https://bit.ly/3bojCtH
Ed will appear on an upcoming episode of Life After Blindness podcast
in which he will talk about the recent changes to Talkback in Android 11 and the recently released Talkback 9.1.
Interview
We hear from special guest, Rushikesh Kamewar, who talks to us about his app Shortcut Maker which lets you add anything on your Android device to your home screen.
https://bit.ly/3egyJXT
Android basics
Ed and Warren discuss manipulating your home screen, and they also discuss stock and third-party launchers. Warren demonstrates the launcher which comes with Pixel devices, and Ed demonstrates his preferred third-party launcher, Hyperion
http://bit.ly/3bqwdg1
Honourable mentions are given to Customized Pixel Launcher
which brings the Pixel experience to non-Pixel devices.
http://bit.ly/3ehErIY
Lawnchair
https://bit.ly/3ehX2Vy
Apex
https://bit.ly/3ehX2Vy
Action Launcher
http://bit.ly/3c67H2U
and Nova
https://bit.ly/3roTunT
In Focus
This week, Austin shows us how to uninstall Samsung Talkback on Samsung phones running Android 11 and install Google Talkback
http://bit.ly/3qqn5w7
You will need the relevant tools For Windows.
https://dl.google.com/android/repository/platform-tools_r31.0.0-windows.zip
Mac
https://dl.google.com/android/repository/platform-tools-latest-darwin.zip
or Linux
https://dl.google.com/android/repository/platform-tools-latest-linux.zip
Prior to uninstalling Samsung Talkback, Austin suggests you install the Commentary screen reader so that you do not need sighted assistance to start Google Talkback.
https://1drv.ms/u/s!AhCMXaKFXMiume9mO6H_3Xtf64GSXg?e=9tVdJq
if you want to uninstall other apps using this demo, you will need app inspector 
which will give you names of installed apps.
http://bit.ly/30n0dmp
the commands to perform the operation on your phone are.
Adb devices
Adb install com.apk
To uninstall Samsung talkback.
Adb shell
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.android.accessibility.talkback
you can use the above command to uninstall any other app, just replace.
com.samsung.android.accessibility.talkback with the package name of the app.
To install google talkback.
exit
adb install talkback.apk
replace talkback.apk with the name of the file that you have given.
App of the week
Warren demonstrates Feed Explorer
http://bit.ly/30n0dmp
My Android Journey
Finally, we have the first in a 2-part series from David Mehler, who recounts his Android journey.
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