[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] comoc85:
Nova doesn't have the same features that the Google Home launcher has like hot word detection from home screen or swipe right to show Google Now.

I have found the code in my SystemUI.apk that I think will change the layout of the nav bar, but as I am new to xml coding, I'm not 100% sure what I'm looking at. Any help?

<FrameLayout android:id="@id/rot90" android:paddingTop="0.0dip" android:visibility="gone" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<LinearLayout android:orientation="vertical" android:id="@id/nav_buttons" android:clipChildren="false" android:clipToPadding="false" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:animateLayoutChanges="true">
<com.android.systemui.statusbar.policy.KeyButtonView android:id="@id/menu" android:visibility="invisible" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="40.0dip" android:src="@drawable/ic_sysbar_menu_land" android:layout_weight="0.0" android:contentDescription="@string/accessibility_menu" systemui:keyCode="82" systemui:glowBackground="@drawable/ic_sysbar_highlight_land" />
<com.android.systemui.statusbar.policy.KeyButtonView android:id="@id/recent_apps" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="80.0dip" android:src="@drawable/ic_sysbar_recent_land" android:layout_weight="0.0" android:contentDescription="@string/accessibility_recent" systemui:glowBackground="@drawable/ic_sysbar_highlight_land" />
<View android:visibility="invisible" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:layout_weight="1.0" />
<com.android.systemui.statusbar.policy.KeyButtonView android:id="@id/home" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="80.0dip" android:src="@drawable/ic_sysbar_home_land" android:layout_weight="0.0" android:contentDescription="@string/accessibility_home" systemui:keyCode="3" systemui:keyRepeat="false" systemui:glowBackground="@drawable/ic_sysbar_highlight_land" />
<View android:visibility="invisible" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:layout_weight="1.0" />
<com.android.systemui.statusbar.policy.KeyButtonView android:id="@id/back" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="80.0dip" android:src="@drawable/ic_sysbar_back_land" android:scaleType="center" android:layout_weight="0.0" android:contentDescription="@string/accessibility_back" systemui:keyCode="4" systemui:glowBackground="@drawable/ic_sysbar_highlight_land" />
<View android:visibility="invisible" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="40.0dip" android:layout_weight="0.0" />
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout android:orientation="vertical" android:id="@id/lights_out" android:visibility="gone" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<ImageView android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="80.0dip" android:layout_marginTop="40.0dip" android:src="@drawable/ic_sysbar_lights_out_dot_small" android:scaleType="center" android:layout_weight="0.0" />
<View android:visibility="invisible" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:layout_weight="1.0" />
<ImageView android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="80.0dip" android:src="@drawable/ic_sysbar_lights_out_dot_large" android:scaleType="center" android:layout_weight="0.0" />
<View android:visibility="invisible" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:layout_weight="1.0" />
<ImageView android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="80.0dip" android:layout_marginBottom="40.0dip" android:src="@drawable/ic_sysbar_lights_out_dot_small" android:scaleType="center" android:layout_weight="0.0" />
</LinearLayout>
<com.android.systemui.statusbar.policy.KeyButtonView android:layout_gravity="center_vertical" android:id="@id/search_light" android:visibility="gone" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="80.0dip" android:src="@drawable/search_light" android:scaleType="center" />
<com.android.systemui.statusbar.policy.DeadZone android:layout_gravity="top" android:id="@id/deadzone" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" systemui:minSize="@dimen/navigation_bar_deadzone_size" systemui:maxSize="@dimen/navigation_bar_deadzone_size_max" systemui:holdTime="@integer/navigation_bar_deadzone_hold" systemui:decayTime="@integer/navigation_bar_deadzone_decay" systemui:orientation="vertical" />
</FrameLayout>
<View android:id="@id/rot270" android:visibility="gone" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" />
</com.android.systemui.statusbar.phone.NavigationBarView>