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this week's episode of android apps' weekly is sponsored by male wise email hello again ladies and gentleman I'm Joe handy the Android 230 app guy and welcome back to Android apps weekly let's get right into those headlines and this week we get to talk about Apple I know it's a little weird for me to googles location-aware search is rolling out right now this allows google search to ascertain your location and you can ask questions about your location without actually having to say it this is a nifty little feature that helps search feel more natural and it's even a little fun to use Google play's new family-friendly section is now live in the Google Play Store this helps parents find a range of apps and games for kids based on a specific age range you can browse by ages 5 and under ages 6 through 8 and then ages 9 and up you can also search by various categories such as educational creative and music and video square-one games has announced that oddworld munches Odyssey will be coming to Google Play sometime this year the studio plans to demo the game at e3 and fans of the odd World Series can rejoice we don't know anything about the price or the release day just yet in our last bit of news this week Apple announced that there WWDC event that they'll be releasing Apple music for Android this will be Apple's first official foray into the Android ecosystem and it will be interesting to see how Android users react of course we'll be taking a look as soon as it's available shortly after the announcement Spotify who is not so keen on giving Apple any of its business announced that it will price match Apple pretty much no matter what they charge for how many accounts and thus the rivalry is born for even more Android apps and games news and updates don't forget to check out this week's newsletter which is linked in the video description below there we'll have all the news and headlines that we didn't have time for today if you're so inclined you can also sign up for the newsletter using your email address and we'll send you this information every single Friday ok folks is take a look at the apps and games that made a big splash this week as usual if you want to check any of these applications or games out you can find those links in the video description below first up this week is a huge update that came through the world-renowned route application titanium backup the application gives it support for Android and which means root users of the future will not have to worry about whether or not they can backup applications freeze applications or uninstall system apps the interface didn't get much of an update sadly but that's ok the functionality is there for Android that's what's really important machinima is one of the most well known sites for gamers they feature gameplay videos comedy videos and original content they just released their official Android application and it's actually pretty good it uses material design and gives users access to the majority of Machinima's content and community if you're a fan of the site or a fan of videogames you should definitely check this one out the radical repelling is the latest game out of Halfbrick Studios the developers who brought us other alliterative hits such as subway surfers and jetpack joyride in this adventure game you rappel down various cliffs while you collect items do stuns and avoid certain death you can also play as one of two characters each with their own set of quests and the game has power-ups and leaderboards it's a fun little time waster the Facebook light was out in a few markets as early as January but now it's rolling out to parts of Europe Africa and Latin America for those who don't know Facebook Lite is a scaled-down Facebook experience for those with inconsistent internet speeds and less powerful devices it's a scant 1 megabyte in size and while it is only available in select regions you can find it with a little creative searching last up this week is Final Fantasy Tactics the war of the Lions this classic game originally came out in 1997 on the PlayStation and now it's been ported to Android it has been remastered with touchscreen controls that actually feel pretty decent since this is a tactical RPG and all you need to do is tap anyway it also features a deep storyline cutscenes and more there have been a few release date bugs and the text is a bit small but otherwise it plays really well there are also no in-app purchases thanks again for watching the Android apps weekly show folks but let's get down to some serious business mail wise is an email client that covers a lot of bases including Gmail Yahoo Outlook and even exchange it features a simple clean and friendly interface that lets you move around your inboxes easily there's also a select all option which will be the envy of almost every gmail user out there it supports multiple accounts has a unified inbox that it even stores your emails locally on your device instead of on a 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