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hello again ladies and gentlemen I'm Joe Hindy the android authority app guy and welcome back to Android apps weekly this is episode number 160 so let's roll that intro and get right into those headlines in a little over a week Google aloe has been downloaded over 5 million times the controversial texting application has been on everyone's tongue and despite some warnings from the privacy community people are still eager to try it out on their own of course we don't know the active user count right now but we're betting it's not over 5 million just yet last weekend it peaked as the number one most downloaded app in the Google Play Store whatsapp found itself in some hot water this week after a judge in India told the company to delete all the user data from people who opted out of the apps privacy policy before September 25th the company has refused so far stating that this ruling does nothing to hinder their plans moving forward this comes in the wake of whatsapp announcing that it would start sharing user data including phone numbers with Facebook which has understandably pissed a lot of people off the developers of here we go are starting a new platform to help add live traffic data to the app what they're trying to do is make it so that here records things like car location and speed along with other sensor data to show traffic patterns think like ways but without the users having to input anything by themselves cars with this feature can also transmit data like when the wiper blades are on indicating rainy conditions it's actually kind of cool Ubisoft purchased the moderately successful developer studio catch app this last week ketchup is known for its hit game 2048 which was essentially a ripoff of the game threes the developers have been highly successful even if they're not known as the most original developers out there pretty much everyone with a brain has probably guessed that Ubisoft and ketchup will be working to make even more mobile games in the near future google announced the winners of their first annual indie gaming festival this last week among the winners were orbit a game about gravity numboat jumbo which was a puzzler and bit blocks which was another puzzler there were also a handful of games that were selected as runner-ups they should all either be in the Play Store or released here in the near future and we even talked about orbit and our best new android game segment which aired last week lego harry potter are two new android games that tell the complete harry potter story the first game focuses on the first four years of harry potter story while the second game focuses on years 5 through 7 they both play more or less the same way and they can both be classified as platform puzzle games the first title seems to have a few more issues than the second title so if you buy these make sure to test them out inside of the refund time they're both four dollars and ninety-nine cents with no in-app purchases Firefox Aurora is essentially the developer channel for Firefox browser this application allows you to check out the newest upcoming features and the latest experimental builds it works as a browser and you'll be able to do most of the stuff that you can usually do on a browser however it is experimental which means there will be crashes and hiccups here and there it's been around for a while but it's now officially available on the google play store in case anybody wants to check it out anybody who does should keep in mind that these are not stable builds ludi dungeon is the latest free-to-play puzzler out of yoda won games makers of the famed across erode this is a simple and adorable little dungeon crawler where you'll go from room to room to kill bad guys find loot and avoid obstacles it uses the same graphics engine as prior Yoda won games so there's nothing new there however you will find eight bosses to defeat 50 heroes to collect and an infinite number of rooms to run through it's a freemium game but so are all the other ones by this developer news Pro is the latest application out of Microsoft's garage project this application allows you to create a giant personalized newsfeed based on your interests the way it works is that you log in using one of your social media accounts the application then gives you a starting point and you can customize further from there you'll be able to add and remove topics as you see fit until you get the news that you want it's suffering from some early release bugs and it's not overly intuitive but it's worth a shot if you want to try something different banner saga 2 is the latest in the banner saga franchise it's a strategy RPG with beautifully done hand-drawn graphics and a storyline that revolves around Vikings like its predecessor this game will definitely rank among the best strategy RPGs out there your in-game decisions will affect the storyline and character deaths are actually generally permanent it's one of the better produced mobile game franchises out there and it should be well worth the 499 price tag finally we released a huge update to the android authority app this week that has taken care of a few large issues that our readers have been experiencing the dreaded settings reset bug is now gone and the app is faster lighter and more responsive than ever before we would love it if you gave it a shot checked it out for yourself and let us know how we can make it even better it's a free download and it remains the fastest way to get the latest Android news for even more android apps and games news updates and releases don't forget to check out this week's newsletter which is linked in the video description below you can find a whole bunch of information there that we didn't have the time for here if you'd like to get the newsletter delivered straight to your digital door you can fill out the form which is available in the written companion which is also linked in the video description below and we'll send 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