Google Now is a service that Google unsurprisingly thinks is awesome and is pushing it by putting it front and center as it's own home screen on the new Android 4.4 KitKat update. That's good if you love the service but not so good if you dislike it or just don't want it too waste an entire home screen. If you fall in the latter camp, you will be happy to know it's easy to turn off Google Now on the home screen.
Simply turn off the Google Now service and the home screen disappears. Before you ask if that is the only way to get rid of it, sadly, Google made it an all or nothing proposition on Android 4.4. Check out the video below on how it's done. Keep in mind that this affects only people using Google's default launcher, so Samsung, HTC, and LG users can continue using their launchers and keep Google Now separate.
Adding Google Now screams "blink feed" inspired with the option to make it disappear. I never really got into the Google Now and disabled it completely on my device after a two month trial run; however, I know some of you out there love it. If you are one of those people that love Google Now I want to know what do you think of a Google Now home screen?
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