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#84 September 11th, 2016
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Humble Bundle, Android Pay going to Chrome, Mario kinda! - Android Apps Weekly
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Android Apps you shouldn't miss this week
Particular
Particular is a minimal, adventure-platformer that will have you trying to escape from prison. It it's actually fun.
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Auralux: Constellations
Auralux: Constellations is an atmospheric RTS puzzle game where you must conquer planets.
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Nick Jr
Nick Jr now has an official app in the Google Play Store. It's a bit rough, but it does work and some stuff is even free.
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Taskbar
Taskbar is a new app that gives you a task bar on screen. It also launches apps in windows. No root required.
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Lifeline: Crisis Line
Lifeline: Crisis Line is the latest text-based game in the acclaimed series. This one has you helping homecide detective Alex Esposito figure out the details of a recent murder. Some of the mechanics are different, but it's pretty good.
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Headlines this week
  • Android Pay is reportedly coming to Google Chrome soon. The idea is to make shopping on mobile browsers much easier by implementing the service directly into it. Thus, you'll be able to make purchases on the web without doing anything special. This is similar to how Google used to do it and we're glad to see the feature returning under the umbrella of Android Pay. There is no word yet on when this will show up on Chrome.
  • The latest Humble Bundle is out now! It's a fairly good haul this time around and you can pick up games like Tomb Raider 1 and 2, Shooting Stars, Space Grunts, Cloud Chasers, and more. You'll get four games for paying at least $1 or six games for beating the average. Those who pay more than $5 will get every game in the bundle. These games retail for $34, so it's a great way to get some games for cheap and donate to charity while you do it.
  • About the only big app news from the Apple event this week was that Nintendo was bringing a Mario game to mobile called Super Mario Run. As exciting as that sounds, the game appears to be a side-scrolling infinite runner that doesn't sound too exciting. However, the good news is that it will have a single price and not be a freemium game. It is definitely coming to Android, but we don't know when just yet.
  • Speaking of Nintendo, they have officially delayed the release of their Fire Emblem and Animal Crossing mobile games until early 2017. Nintendo stated that they wanted the Mario game to get fully released before it launched any of their other properties. Many have speculated that the games will be in the first quarter of 2017 before their March 31st earnings call, but nothing is set in stone just yet.
App Updates this week
App Deals
  • Android Pay is running a deal with Uber where you can get a 50% discount if you pay with Android Pay. It's running in the US only at this time and the discount is capped at $5 so don't expect to travel from Cleveland to Miami with this one.
Pokemon Go news:
  • Pokemon Go popularity is still surging, although not as much as it was before. That said, the game has passed the 500 million download mark. Along with that, the company released stats that have shown that players have walked 2.85 billion miles which is just insane. Even in the unlikely event that Pokemon Go tails off by the end of the year, it's definitely nothing to scoff at. The game is doing very well.
  • During this week's Apple event, it was announced that Pokemon Go would be made compatible with the Apple Watch. You'll still need the phone app to do most of the stuff, but you'll be able to have some limited functionality with your watch. There is no word on when or if it will show up for Android Wear, but we can't imagine the world's most popular game will shun half of its user base.
  • Des Moines, Washington is trying to get out of the Pokemon Go craze by petition that Niantic removes the entire city from the game. Whether or not this is going to work is subject for debate until an official statement is released, but with Russia and South Korea doing similar stuff, we wouldn't be shocked if paying the game there gets less fun.
  • Google Maps received an update that gives it the ability to keep track of your Pokemon Go journey. You can set it to "Catching Pokemon" mode and it'll show you how far you've traveled. Kind of cool if you ever wanted to know that info.
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