Gadgetory

hello again ladies and gentlemen I'm Joe Hindy the android authority app guy and welcome back to Google Play weekly in this week's episode we're going to talk about Google Apps updates Cal calendar badland and Santa Claus without further ado let's get started with those of our viewers who celebrate Christmas google has launched a website called Santa tracker much like no ride and so site that people can use to track Santa Claus on Christmas e4 now only the website is out however they are planning on releasing an android app and adding chromecast support it's not a big deal we know and it's obviously aimed at kids and families but it is really nice seeing Google playing along if you're a fan of the show you've no doubt heard us talk about all cast all cast is an application that lets you stream content to your television it's been in development for a while now and now it's available to the public as a beta in order to get it you have to sign up for the beta in the Google Play Store and join the signage in mod community and you can find more info on how to do that in the written companion in the video description it doesn't have chromecast support yet but it does support other devices like Roku xbox 360 xbox one samsung and Panasonic Smart TVs and many others speaking of the chromecast one of the features the chromecast users have been asking for for quite some time is plex support the bad news is plex doesn't support it quite yet but the good news is that it might happen soon there has been no official word from plex yet but some tech savvy people managed to find a chromecast file in the software's configuration file now this may not be a significant as some may think but it is a pretty good sign that work is being done so don't get too excited just yet but it is okay to get you know a little excited google search and google voice search saw an update this last week in google search you can now search for applications directly or open info from the web in an application if you have it on the voice search side of things there is now support for French German and Japanese so if you speak those languages you can now use them in google voice search the good news is the changes server side and not app side so you don't actually have to update the application just change the settings and you're ready to go while we're on the subject of google apps google play music and Google Play Movies both got updated this last week Google Play Movies now allows you to download the standard definition video even if you only bought the HD version so if you have some storage concerns or a device with an older screen you don't have to pay for the same movie twice to get the smaller file on the google play music side of things you can now use the SD card as the location for your cash and downloaded songs this is a big deal for SD card users as you no longer have to worry about using your primary storage also in the update where some bug fixes and UI tweaks who wants to see some trending applications as usual if you want to try any of these applications out you can find the links in the written companion in the video description action launcher was recently updated to 2.1 when they came some pretty dramatic and awesome changes namely it's now free so there is literally no reason for you not to check it out anymore also included our android 4.4 theme elements and quick page which is a full home screen that you can swipe out from the right edge of the screen to get to do yourself a favor and give this one a shot cowboy any.do is probably the most beautiful calendar app we've ever seen and it has a lot of features to boot so far it's received some pretty good reviews from users and we do plan on reviewing this app very soon to see if all the hype is deserved if you don't want to wait for that it is a free app so there's no harm in trying it out right now dead trigger 2 hasn't been out for very long but madfinger games has been actively working to make it even better and a recent update zombies and missions have been rebalanced for better gameplay more missions have been added and an upcoming update will add some fun Christmas stuff so if you haven't yet now is a perfect time to pick up dead trigger 2 field trip is done by the same people who did ingress so you know it's already a good app it was recently updated and included our new features and a redesigned user interface among the new features are simplified settings swiping information cards accessing items on the bottom bar and new publisher previews if you need an app to keep you company on long trips this is a good one to keep with you last on our list this week is a brand new atmospheric side scroller called Badlands and we literally can't say enough good things about this game it has 80 single-player and 21 multiplayer levels that are challenging competitive and gorgeous it has unique gameplay that results in a very enjoyable gaming experience also it's free to play and the developer is already promising more levels so you can't lose once again I'm Joe Hindy the android authority app guy and this has been Google Play weekly don't forget to subscribe to our YouTube channel and check out our social media links below if you're looking for a couple more videos to watch we have a couple of good ones right over there once again thank you for watching and have a wonderful day