Subscribe
Sign in
Evie — Better search and actions from your Android homescreen
51
Replies
Best
@mrcalexandre sadly yes. we are expanding our data to cover other countries. Evie can only be useful when we have the right regional content indexed.
@davidzh Ok thank you very much for your help. I will wait. No problem, Congrats on the launch on ProductHunt, you will receive great feedback from the hunters.
Google Search on Android can already search inside installed apps (a.k.a. 'Phone search'). You can even choose which ones you want to be searchable. How does Evie differ from Google Search?
@dkodr we recognize the semantic of content inside of apps. For example, we recognize "Halal Guys" is a restaurant, and its the same restaurant inside of Yelp, Doordash, etc. We believe mobile is more about structured search, vs text matches.
@davidzh but google will soon launch their android instant app.
How are you going to differentiate with this?
@ranggawiseno two parts of the problem. 1). finding the app/service that does what you want, and 2). downloading/opening the app. We are focused on solving 1). Instant Apps is going to make 2) much less painful. We will be able to utilize Instant Apps as app developers start to support it. It's really the ideal scenario for us.
Great explainer video. My wife and I are always searching different food delivery apps to find the restaurant we want. This solves that problem, at least for us Android users. Downloading now.
Looks awesome! Cant wait to try this. Really cute logo too. Does anything happen if I give it a thunderstone?
So, if I were to compare Evie to the universal search available on iOS, you guys don't just search inside apps, you show a card that references all the apps that are relevant. So, if I search for a restaurant, you won't just show search results including the apps that I could order from. You show a card with more information too, right?
@arturogoicochea displaying a flat list of text matches can overwhelming on mobile, especially with dupes. We try to organize the content by unique entities, and then organizing the apps by the services that they provide (even if you don't have it installed yet).
@davidzh right! OK I 100% get it now. I love it! Any iOS plans? Is it at all possible? I guess you'd have to be a standalone app.
@arturogoicochea unfortunately it's not possible replace Spotlight on iOS. That's where we ideally want to be. We are not sure if this makes sense as an app though. It adds a lot of mental friction to have to think about opening an app first.
@davidzh agreed. Less convenient than "Android Evie". But I still think it would be pretty cool to get everything from one app :P
I'm due for my bi-annual android purchase to keep up with the latest, and this just pushed me over the edge.
Well done. iPhone user here and use the native search often. This one appears to work better. I also have a Nexus and it's calling my name. If Apple doesn't innovate at WWDC next week, I am switching.
@nyalex Post mortem on WWDC, do you think Apple innovated or are you reaching for your Nexus now?
Wow, this looks fascinating.
This feels like a mobile first Google. Pre-Google (or pre-search engines) you had to visit a website directly and hope that it had what you wanted. Post-Google you search for what you want and are told which places have it. Evie looks like it wants to become the same organisational/directional layer on top of mobile, which would be HUGE and something that Android/iOS haven't achieved natively.
This is especially interesting because it looks like it doesn't always require the user to have a certain app installed to benefit from that products services. I'm assuming that this could play very nicely with Google's new Instant Apps and fuel the trend of declining mobile app installs.
P.S If I were Google, I'd be very tempted to try and acquire this.
@mattsappstv Haha, thanks dude :) This is like...exactly the conversation we had when starting to work on Evie. Would love to hear more once you've given it a try!
I love how smooth and slick the functionality and UI are. However, it pains me to say that I probably won't be using this incarnation very often because I just love NovaLauncher. I've tried many home screen replacements but NL takes the cake. I WOULD use Evie if I could add it as a widget within NL. If only NL integrated your functionality within itself...
@anandsays Anand, as for the microphone permissions, we do allow voice search from the home screen. I do understand your feedback though. We are switching to Marshmallow-style permissions shortly and will be more specific about why we require certain things.
@anandsays these will be added; consider our site beta :) we have no malicious intentions tho.
@petrev01 we focus on structured search as the way to navigate your phone. Organizing content around entities allows users to be more direct with their intent, instead of having to think about finding the right app for it.
I've been using this for a week and I think its the best launcher I've ever used. Its simple to use, minimalistic design (which I love), does what it says it does. So far I've had no issues and only have love for Evie.
@jamesbeuerlein Thanks for the <3 James! Glad to hear you are enjoying it!
Would love to see this in the Australian market. When do you see it being available here?
@vicky_buddie today it's a full launcher replacement. We feel that search needs to be an OS-level feature and accessible across apps.
Hire a BuzzFeeder