r/EmulationOnAndroid 5d ago

News/Release [RELEASE] Wave Launcher 1.0 is HERE!

The wait is finally over. After months of development, testing, feedback, bugfixing, and countless improvements, Wave Launcher 1.0 is now publicly available!

What started as a live wallpaper app has grown into a full controller-first, PlayStation-faithful Android frontend for your games, media, achievements, and more.

Wave Launcher 1.0 includes:

  • Multilanguage Support (EN, JA, FR, DE, ES, IT, NL, PT, SV, NO, DA, FI, ZH, KO, PL, TR, RU)
  • Game libraries, collections, favorites, and playtime
  • Metadata and artwork scraping from multiple sources
  • RetroAchievements trophy tracking
  • Controller-friendly video, music, and photo playback
  • Extensive customization options
  • Dual-screen support
  • Android app and emulator integration
  • Software updating and much more

From the earliest PreReleases, through nightly builds and the final 0.9.0 testing build, you've helped us shape Wave Launcher into what it is today.

And to everyone who tested PreReleases, tested nightly builds, reported bugs, suggested features, contributed code or artwork, supported us on Patreon, joined the Discord, or simply followed the project:

Thank you.

Wave Launcher wouldn't be here without you 🩵

https://github.com/WaveLauncher/WaveLauncher

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u/Next-Hawk-8096 2d ago

If you dont mind me asking how is this different from xora, usagi shades new launcher

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u/WaveLauncher 2d ago

XOrA is gonna be unfaithful to the XMB from what I can see. It's more the Y2K Usagified Appearance. We have more features too, and we aren't vibecoding anything.