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welcome back to Android Weekly my name is Jace and if the past few weeks were somewhat slow in the world of Android news the past few days have surely made up for it with two new phones one being the Samsung Galaxy s5 lte-a or the prime that's official and amazon finally after years has launched their first phone called fire but that's not it because google has officially given us art no not that type art I'm talking about Android runtime and according to Google it will cut down our app launch times by half yes that's right now we've talked about art in the past but it seems now art is ready for primetime one of the biggest differences between art and dalvik is that art precompiled bytecode when the app is installed unlike dalvik which requires just-in-time compilation which happens when an app is launched so this is not only an effort by Google to make Android devices faster but make older Android devices faster so time will tell whether or not it actually makes a difference so for all of you who were peeved at the rumors that Samsung could be coming out with a Samsung Galaxy S 5 prime version only a few months after the original s5 it gets worse or better from depending how you look at it Samsung just made the long rumored Galaxy s5 LTE a official in South Korea the Galaxy s5 LTE which appears to be the long rumored s5 prime is the first device on the market to pack a Snapdragon 805 processor rockin crate 450 cores 3 gigabytes of RAM and an impressive 225 megabits lte-advanced network speeds there's 32 gigabytes of internal storage and support for 128 gigabytes via the microSD card slot it features a 5.1 inch 2560 by 1440 Super AMOLED display for a record-breaking 577 PPI edging out even the LG g3 which features the same resolution in a slightly larger format but unfortunately I have to be the bearer of bad news because it appears that this phone will be exclusive to South Korea right now after years of rumors and speculation amazon has launched its first smartphone and it's aptly called fire now from a specs standpoint the Amazon fire seems pretty solid with a 2.2 gigahertz Snapdragon CPU two gigabytes of RAM and Adreno 330 GPU and an impressive sounding 13 megapixel rear shooter there's even a cool instant access button that allows you to take photos when the screen is off other specs include a 4.7 inch display likely 720p with Gorilla Glass and dual speakers turning to the design the handset is rather attractive at least at first glance and offers aluminum buttons with a glass back now by far the most rumored feature of this new Amazon fire phone was its 3d capabilities that don't require glasses so how does that work Amazon's phone does in fact utilize 3d technology with four front-facing cameras the feature is powered by dynamic perspective according to Amazon which makes it possible for the phone to redraw 3d images at 60 frames per second Wow the 3d effects go beyond apps as well allowing you to move around the phone's UI by moving your head and eyes there's also 3d lock screens and the ability to tilt controls in the web browser and the list goes on now although this 3d technology is super sexy and interesting beyond applications within the real estate market what are the real practical applications for this 3d technology could it be just a dimming just like 3d movie technology is some of you might be 3d movie geeks but for me it's a little more than a headache will it be any more than a gimmick what do you think are the practical applications for 3d technology on a phone let me know in the comments below so another surprise this week is Google being the ever incremental engineering company that they are released 4.4.4 android update no that's not a type on the script I didn't mean 4.4.3 4.4.4 yeah that's come out for those of you who are willing to sideload among the android 4.4.4 update for the Nexus 5 is largely security fixes including one major one for the open SSL protocol however these are just the changes visible in the AOSP code now for those of you who don't want to wait for the over-the-air update for the 4.4.4 you can look in the descriptions below where there is a how-to on how to sideload 4.4.4 to your Nexus 5 right now thanks for watching Android army my name is Jase I'm right here on Google+ or Twitter love to connect with you I read all my out replies and comments you don't want to forget about my brothers and Android the boys we're working real hard to deliver the best Android car that we can you also don't want to forget about Android QA I promise I'm working hard to get some q and a's out very soon but you want to go to Android Authority forums check out the questions on Q&A section and post a question if you have it or post an answer if you have a good one and I'm much more likely to use that in the show and therefore you're much more likely to win a t-shirt or up to a $50 gift card for Google Play talk to you next week