Google clearly agrees, as breakdowns of the latest Android Auto release have discovered secret settings for increasing the number of app drawer columns.

While it is still uncertain whether Android N will have an app drawer, it's time to ask the question: do we really even need an app drawer in Android?

It includes some apps and features that aren’t available with stock Android… but it’s also historically been missing one thing that most Android phones have: an app drawer.

The app drawer has been a distinguishing feature of Android from the beginning so banishing it would definitely be a major change to the core experience that a lot of us are used to.

Google is reportedly planning on removing the app drawer from the Android N release, with two sources confirming its absence in current pre-release builds.

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