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Re:Android P by lern_too_spel on Wednesday May 09, 2018 @10:09AM (#17029936)
And by installing a different launcher, the Google apps never run, which is the effect you wanted to achieve. You gain nothing by disabling the apps after that.

If you were able to disable the apps and then uninstall the the new launcher, your phone would be unusable until you did a factory reset from recovery.

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Re:Android P by kuschku on Wednesday May 09, 2018 @03:20PM (#17032988)
Incorrect. The Google apps are still used and running, e.g. for hotword detection even when the launcher is changed. And even with hotword detection off.

And they take up space in my launcher.

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Re:Android P by lern_too_spel on Wednesday May 09, 2018 @04:59PM (#17034031)
Not on the Pixel. On my Pixel, I can disable the Google app and if I use a different launcher, the Pixel launcher won't run at all. So they're getting more customizable over time.
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