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hello again ladies and gentlemen I'm Joe Hindy the android authority app guy it's the end of may which means it's time to check out the best android applications that were released in May of 2014 first up this month is a nifty application called a DAP this happens what I always envision the future of managing contacts to be here's how it works you add someone on adaptive whenever they update their contact information their information is automatically updated on your contacts list the only problem is getting everyone you know to use it but it is free on iOS and Android so that may help our cast receiver is an application that allows people to use all cast to stream their Android devices to other Android devices previously all cast can only stream to things like Roku Apple TV and the chromecast all you need to do is install this application on the phone or tablet you wish to stream to and it will begin appearing on the all cast list of supported devices it's free to use so if you use all cast you should also use this Boulder skate is a mammoth RPG with dozens of hours of gameplay it was originally released in 1998 and some say this helped pave the way for the RPG genre on PCs it's a little expensive at ten dollars and there are some add-ons that you can pay more to get but this is the biggest longest game available on Android right now to see more check out a review link below our next up is a fun little brain teaser with over 200 free levels colorful graphics and tablets of boards you essentially connect the blocks to one another but you can only connect each block so many times as denoted by the number inside of the block it starts out easy and gets progressively harder and there are additional levels available for purchase if you really like it the core game is free to play in the Google Play Store faces in is a new social network aggregator that uses your GPS location and the GPS check-ins of your friends to alert you when a friend is nearby if you use Facebook Foursquare or other check-in services you should definitely give faces in a shot it's free to use and supports a number of popular social networks with more to come and feature updates and it also has a really nice design frequency can only be described as an RSS feed for videos using this application you can subscribe to a number of video channels from a number of sites this includes proprietary video feeds that don't show up on places like YouTube or Vimeo it has a nice somewhat cluttered design it's free and if you like internet you should definitely check this one out next up is an application that works with google camera it's called lens blur live wallpaper and what it does is take the blur photos you took with Google camera and turn them into a sort of pseudo parallax live wallpaper for your home screen it's suffering from a pretty bad bug right now but we expect it to be fixed pretty soon and it is free to use so if you use Google camera you should definitely check this one out Monument Valley is a puzzle game with some astounding design and gameplay you play as a princess who must find her way through levels that are all based heavily on optical illusions you can bend move twist or otherwise manipulate levels to get through them and it is really quite impressive it's 399 which is a tad expensive for only ten levels but it rocks a 4.7 rating in the Google Play Store which is also quite impressive peak is a feature that is usually baked into paranoid android but it is now a standalone application that anyone can download and it does not need roots what it does is allow you to view notifications without pressing any buttons is the closest you can get to the Moto X lock screen without actually buying a Moto X and if that's what you're looking for you should give Pete a try quick click as a nifty application it allows you to program your hardware buttons to perform actions for instance you can tap your volume button twice and have it turn on your LED flash to use as a flashlight it's free to use and comes with a number of functions so if you've always wanted more out of your hardware buttons give this one a look sunrise calendar is a brand new application with a gorgeous design in terms of functionality it does pretty much everything you'd expect a calendar application to do and it adds some other fun things like the ability to invite people to events it isn't compatible with exchange or tablets yet but it will be soon it's free to use and worth a look if you want something a little bit different out of your calendar whistle camera came out this last month and it's a camera application which means it does camera application things the key feature is that it uses the microphone to listen for your whistle when you whistle the app counts down and then takes a picture this is a great tool to use when your hands or otherwise engage or if you don't want to move for a selfie I cannot believe I just said selfie anyway it's free in the google play store right now last and certainly not least this month is XCOM this award-winning pc game was originally released in 2012 and it's now available for android it comes they ten dollar price tag but it's as good of a game as I've ever seen on Android you commanded seeing of troops as you strategically move and fire on alien enemies hell-bent on your destruction and it also includes an in-depth upgrades feature this is as good as it gets folks check it out once again I'm Joe Hindy the android authority app got don't forget to subscribe to our YouTube channel and if you want to follow android authority myself or the rest of the video team you can find our social media links in the video description below if you're hanging out for a minute we have a couple of Awesome videos for you to watch right over there including my review of XCOM as well as my review of frequency finally don't forget to check out the written companion in the video description below for all of the download links as always thanks for watching everybody and have a wonderful day