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Click the image above to watch the video on YouTube!
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Android Apps you shouldn't miss this week
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Titan Quest
Titan Quest is a hack-and-slash game that was originally released on PC back in 2006. It's freaking awesome!
Download from Google Play
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Final Fantasy VII
10 months after its iOS release, Square Enix has finally released Final Fantasy VII on Android!
Download from Google Play
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Vysor
Vysor, the companion app to the populaur Chrome extension of the same name, has been released officially!
Download from Google Play!
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Pokemon GO
The most anticipated mobile game of the year is finally out! At least, it's out in the US, New Zealand, Japan, and a few other countries with more countries released soon!
Download from Google Play
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Headlines this week
- Square Enix Montreal decided to poke some fun at the naming scheme of Pokemon GO and it's similarity to SE's Lara Croft Go, Hitman Go, and the upcoming Deus Ex Go. It's a goofy little video that shows Ash punching Pikachu in the face. Well played, Square Enix, well played.
- With the release of Pokemon Go, one of the most common topics of conversation is safety. There have been some unconfirmed reports of people already getting mugged wondering into the wrong part of town, and police and fire departments the world over are reminding people to stay safe, especially while driving and walking, to avoid injury. We'll join in with that call to safety, don't drive while playing Pokemon Go. It's just not a great idea.
- Badland 2 is quickly approaching a release date on Android, but that may not be good news. Word is that Cheetah Mobile, makers of Clean Master, have licensed the game. They have turned it from a pay-once game into a freemium game with energy, video ads, and tons of in-app purchases which tinker with the core mechanics of the game. This is depressing and Badland 2 will likely not live up to its predecessor, at least not on Android.
- If anyone was curious about why more third party launchers don't have Google Now integration, the creator of Nova Launcher wrote up a post this week explaining why. The long and short of it is that Google only allows integration with system apps. This explains why Sony was able to do it with their built-in launcher. Regular apps aren't installed to system and therefore cannot do it. He is hopeful that the API will be expanded someday.
- Google Play is hosting another big sale with tons of decent Android games. Some of the titles on sale include Zenge, LEGO Marvel Super Heroes, Assassin's Creed Identity, and others. If you're looking for some decent games on the cheap, these are worth checking out.
- It was announced this week that Skullgirls will be making its way to Android sometime later this year!
- Here's an awesome tutorial on how to sync all of your passwords using Google!
- In this week's Android Customization post, Feisty talks about how to backup and prepare apps of offline installations!
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App Updates this week
- Facebook is testing an offline video feature starting in India on July 11th. If successful, the feature should roll out everywhere sometime in the next few weeks or months.
- Snapchat will be introducing a new feature to the mix here sometime soon called Memories. Memories will introduce the ability to save your snaps and organize them. This includes a My Eyes Only section where you can save your snaps behind a password to prevent snooping eyes from seeing it. The new feature has rolled out to select residents in California with a more widespread released scheduled soon.
- An update to doubleTwist's CloudPlayer happened this week that now allows you to stream your music stored on the cloud and your locally stored music together in the same place.
- The Humble PC and Android Bundle from last week was updated with three new games, including Unmechanical, Knights of Pen and Paper +1 Edition, and Asdivine Hearts!
- Samsung's S Health app received an update this week to add competition features to try to help keep you motivated to work out.
- Walmart seems to be stepping up their Walmart Pay efforts and the service to check out with your phone at Walmart is now available in 33 locations, almost double what it was before.
- This last week, the Google Play Store formally launched app sharing with the Google Family Library. The core idea is that you round up your family and share paid apps with them and they can share their paid apps with you. This creates an ecosystem where families pay buy apps or games for everyone that they may not have purchased for themselves. The rollout is in progress and most people should have it by now.
- According to various sources, Google Play Music should be coming to India soon!
- Google Chrome was updated this week to have Google Cast built in without an extension required. This is for the desktop version of the browser.
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