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Welcome to the 506th version of Android Apps Weekly. Once once more we deliver you the most recent information and apps from the earlier week. Let’s begin with among the largest headlines from final week:
- X, previously Twitter, has introduced its new Not-a-Bot subscription is rolling out in New Zealand and the Philippines. The $1 per 12 months subscription is required for all new account holders although it gained’t have an effect on current accounts.
- Google Photos is now including RAW photograph help, mechanically importing RAWs and accompanying JPEG recordsdata. Archiving RAWs is actually useful however be mindful these recordsdata can take up a variety of house.
- Whatsapp is lastly rolling out help for a second account on a single system without having to undergo as many hoops. That stated, you’ll nonetheless want a telephone quantity for every account, so this will solely work with dual-SIM gadgets.
- Speaking of Whatsapp, the app now formally accepts Passkeys for login authentication. This lets you use your face, PIN, or fingerprint to log in.
- Google Wallet introduced it’s increasing its digital state ID help to 3 new states: Georgia, Arizona, and Colorado. This makes 4 in whole, as Google initially examined out the function to residents of Maryland.
- Google Play Protect is getting a brand new replace, which can now ask if you wish to scan an app earlier than it’s put in.
- Youtube is implementing a number of new options to its website that may make it simpler to search out content material, keep away from interruptions, and even get a extra secure audio expertise. Youtube’s Stable Volum toggle will scale back jarring variations in quantity from video to video.
Android Apps Weekly: The finest new apps and video games of the week
Looking for some new Android apps and Android video games to maintain you occupied? Below we check out a few of our favourite ideas for the week. This week we have now three video games and two app ideas.
Gacha Life 2
- Price: Free with adverts
- Release Date: Oct 12
Gacha Life 2 has lastly hit Android. A sequel to the favored dress-up and roleplaying recreation, you can get your personal anime characters and add equipment and extra. While the sport is basically the identical normal premise as Gacha Life and Club, there’s a brand new artwork fashion, new equipment, a brand new colour slider, and lots of different enhancements. Overall this is a serious improve, particularly graphically.
Warm Snow
- Price: $8.75
- Release date: Oct 12
Warm Snow is a rogue-lite Chinese martial arts recreation that has discovered fairly a little bit of success on Steam, and now it has arrived on Google Play. The cellular model consists of Endless Mode and DLC1 baked proper in. There are additionally a number of cellular upgrades designed to higher swimsuit the on-the-go nature of Android telephones. In our time with it, we discovered the sport a variety of enjoyable and straightforward to leap proper in.
Kingdom Eighties
- Price: $4.99
- Release date: Oct 14
The newest installment of the Kingdom sequence continues the identical sidescrolling useful resource administration motion many people know and love, however this time with an 80s twist. The characters and animations are all clearly meant to invoke nostalgia for eighties franchises like ET, Back to the Future, and extra. Once once more you construct and combat, however this time there’s a bit extra story focus as effectively. The recreation will set you again $5 however is ideal for these on the lookout for an ad-free premium expertise that’s simple to leap into.
Franz
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Release date: Oct 16
Your telephone is haunted by the spirit of Franz. She has her personal will and wishes, and you can study extra about what these are via telephone notifications and visible novel gameplay. You’ll should make ethical decisions and exhausting choices as the sport’s story progresses. The recreation is usually pushing prompts, listening to notifications, and attempting to puzzle all of it collectively.
Niji Journey
- Price: Subscription required
- Release Date: Oct 19
Midjourney is likely one of the finest AI picture mills round and now you can entry its energy proper via an app. Well, type of. Niji Journey was inbuilt partnership with Midjourney, although it has a extra targeted use case. The new app helps you create anime characters and scenes. You can get 20 pictures generated without cost, you’ll want a Midjourney subscription for full entry.
