TBLauncher VS Neo-Launcher

https://github.com/TBog/TBLauncher is a fork of Kiss (mentioned in another comment). The search work better for me.

TinyBit https://github.com/TBog/TBLauncher

TinyBit Launcher

Definitely likingTinyBit Launcher. Been using it for a week and have been quite happy

TinyBit Launcher (version 6.7): Small memory footprint, icon pack support, color and behaviour customizable

Sentien, KISS, TinyBit

Launcher- TinyBit

How about Tiny Bit Launcher?. A fork of KISS with more customizing options.

If you dislike KISS for the lack of icons on the screen you could try a widget that can show app icons, like App Bubble Cloud or Foldery Multicon If you need more color customization, try HG Launcher or my TBLauncher

You can remove the Google search bar from a Pixel phone or any Android phone by replacing the launcher.

I recommend Neo Launcher, which is free and open source: https://github.com/NeoApplications/Neo-Launcher

But I tested this with neo Launcher which is also based on rootless pixel launcher. It doesn't have this issue.

Neo launcher. It's on the izzyondroid repo. https://github.com/NeoApplications/Neo-Launcher/releases

You can always give Neo a try.

just checked, the neo launcher i use is not on the play store, although there is some other "neo launcher hyperion", thats not what i meant. If you want to try it out, you'll have to get the apk directly from their github (https://github.com/NeoApplications/Neo-Launcher) or get the F-Droid store & activate the IzzyOnDroid repo (https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/).

You can try something like https://github.com/NeoApplications/Neo-Launcher Its based on the stock aosp launcher and it has quite a lot of customization features all while looking natural and not iphone-ish.

I use Neo-Launcher on my Oppo Find X3 Lite 5G, with ColorOS 13 and I have a Neo Launcher start latency.

Neo Launcher