Key Launcher Help Center
Welcome to the Key Launcher Help Center! Here you will find official documentation, step-by-step guides, and advanced configurations for Key Launcher — the minimalist, T9-keyboard-based launcher for Android.
Key Launcher is designed to help you regain control of your digital life by introducing healthy friction and removing visual distractions.
Get Started
Explore the documentation sections to master Key Launcher:
- Getting Started: Understand the core philosophy, set up the launcher as default, and configure essential permissions.
- T9 Keyboard & Search: Master typing with the 9-key grid — or switch to a full QWERTY keyboard — look up contacts, and use Universal Search for calculations, files, and settings.
- Keyboard Configurations: Pick T9 or QWERTY, then tune the surface theme, touch effects, colors, opacity, size, layout, and feedback.
- Quick Glance: Personalize the center clock, integrated media player with synced lyrics, and Quick Glance widget stacking.
- Super Focus (Focus Mode): Turn your phone into a distraction-free desk companion with Bed Clock, Pomodoro timer, photo slideshow, and app blocking.
- Agenda Sheet (Calendar): A unified timeline of calendar events, lunar dates, and contact birthdays pulled live from your device.
- Home Organization: Organize your home screen with the pinned grid, folders, icon gestures, and custom app drawer categories.
- Edge Panels: Slide out Dual Widget Centers, stacked widgets, an integrated Notification Center, and an ad-free Discover Feed.
- Settings & Customizations: Themes, foldable and tablet optimizations, fonts, status bar, swipe gestures, weather, and lunar calendar.
- Advanced Features: Secure apps in Multiple Private Vaults, automate with Smart Profiles, configure Super Shortcuts, and go Pro.
What's New
Documentation last updated 21 October 2026, covering app changes through version 2.0 Official Release.
| Area | What changed |
|---|---|
| Swipe Typing (Beta) | Glide across QWERTY or T9 keys to search swiftly with language-aware precision matching and Bayesian ranking |
| Phosphor Icons & Translucent Settings | Clean Phosphor Icons across all launcher UI, elegant translucent settings backdrop displaying wallpaper, and restructured 4-category Pro benefits table |
| Multiple Private Vaults | Create multiple separate private vaults with unique names and passcodes. Move apps, contacts, shortcuts, and folders between vaults with full privacy |
| Keyboard Touch Effects & Glass Theme | Neon Glow (Samsung Keys Cafe style) and Ripple touch animations with live interactive preview, plus a translucent frosted Glass keyboard surface theme |
| Smart Profiles | New page — automated profile switching based on day, time, and custom routines with granular scope control over layout, widgets, and themes |
| Icon Gestures | New page — assign 4-way swipes and double-tap per icon to launch Quick Actions, peek notifications, fan out folders, or open secondary apps |
| Foldable & Tablet Optimizations | New page — split Home & Overlays side-by-side on inner screens, independent folded/unfolded keyboards, and multi-column tablet layouts |
| Notification Center & Widget Stack | Pin an interactive widget stack inside the panel, group notifications into category tabs, and use bidirectional swipe to dismiss |
| Home Grid Transitions & Lock | 3D page transitions (Cube, Zoom & Fade, Accordion, Carousel), Home layout lock to prevent icon movement, and A–Z automatic sorting |
| App Drawer Enhancements | Bottom-up drawer flow for easy one-handed reach, multi-select batch category management, and 6 new built-in categories (AI, Shopping, Finance, Education, Health, Travel) |
| Creating & Managing Folders | Folder Copy Mode (Keep foldered apps in drawer), live green update dots, and alphabet bar quick-jump |
| Four-Corner T9 Search | Align T9 results to the right and customize result direction to place the best match in any of the four corners; direct phone dialer on keypad |
| Top Bar Notifications & Swipe Collapse | Swipe down on the keyboard header to collapse it, and see incoming messages scroll across the keyboard top bar |
| Focus Mode & Bed Clock | Dim bedside night clock for sleep environments, automated focus schedules, and intentional app pause/blocking |
| Dual Widget Centers & Backdrop Blur | Support for independent Widget Center 1 and Widget Center 2 on opposite screen edges, with real-time backdrop blur on Android 12+ |
| QWERTY Korean Hangul | Native 2-set Korean Hangul layout with jamo composition, Chosung search, Gboard-style language switching, and hold-Enter to fan results |
| Weather & UV Index | Real-time UV Index rating with WHO risk categories, swipe gestures between forecast days, and custom measurement units |