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hello again ladies and gentlemen I'm Joe Hindy the android authority apra and welcome to the 167th episode of android apps weekly there was a major holiday this last week but there is still some avenues to talk about so let's get started Google Play is currently trying out individual game ratings the way it works is that you rate titles based on gameplay controls and graphics the score for each category lets people know how good those qualities are for a more comprehensive look at the game it can also warn people of games don't have good controller support or have great graphics but otherwise suck we're not sure if this is going to roll out to everybody but it sure seems like a good idea so Twitter banned its own CEO this last week in an act that essentially summed up how bad it's been a twitter lately Jack Dorsey spent a good portion of the day not being able to view his own Twitter account he did eventually make it back on and told everyone that it was an internal problem that caused the ban there's nothing of real note here but it was kind of funny it was announced this week that Google is ending Google Play services support for Android Gingerbread the change will happen in early 2017 by removing gingerbread Google Play services will become a little more modern in nature and give developers more options for building apps the number of devices that even use gingerbread these days is only about 1.3 percent also most app developers don't support gingerbread anymore anyway the latest humble bundle is now live this bundle features tons of games from handy games and includes clouds in chief one and two rocket island 1942 pacific front and plenty of other games that would cost you about $42 if you bought them individually you can pay what you want and get five games pay the three dollar minimum and get up to eleven games or pay five dollars or more and get the whole bundle it's a good way to get some games on the cheap and give to charity Google Play is tossing a huge games apps books movies TV and more sale at honor of Black Friday and Cyber Monday you can get some stuff for up to eighty percent off and some of the titles are rather expensive without the deals it's a good time to stock up on some stuff if you don't already have it we don't know how long these deals will last or where they're available so be sure to get them while you can you can find links to these deals in the written companion which is linked in the video description below eisenhorn xenos is an adventure game that takes place in the Warhammer 40,000 universe is an adaptation from a book of the same name you'll be able to explore the world take part in various quests and the game comes with full voice acting the graphics are also pretty decent unlike most Warhammer games these days this one is a pay once title with no in-app purchases it also has full game controller support if that matters to you chase bank has released its own NFC payment application called chase pay it's about what you'd expect from an NFC payment app you'll be able to log into an existing chase account and use the cards on file to make purchases it's a brand new thing which means there are plenty of bugs that need to be worked out still also the app only works at Best Buy and a few other locations right now although we do expect that to increase over time it's not very good at the moment but members of Chase Bank should keep an eye on it gear Club is a racing game that boasts a realistic experience underneath of its bravado it's a fairly standard freemium racing game you'll race various tracks at various locations to win various championships above that there is a large selection of cars to collect optimize and upgrade the graphics are simply astounding although other parts of the game could use a little bit of work it's not quite prime time just yet but we're sure it'll get there eventually pulse SMS is a hybrid of a texting application and a pushbullet competitor on its own the android app functions as a good if slightly basic SMS app however you can download the app on various platforms and share the SMS messages between them that means you can text on your tablet or your computer if you want to like pushbullet there is a subscription service although you can get a lifetime license and not have to worry about it if you don't want to it's a little buggy as new apps are but it's definitely going to get better over time microsoft solitaire collection is an android port of the popular solitaire games available on most microsoft windows machines the game includes 5 total variance of solitaire including klondike which is the classic mode spider freecell tripeaks and pyramid this adaptation also includes daily challenges as well as xbox live login supports where you can earn actual achievements it's a time waster through and through you can also get a premium membership for a recurring charge that removes advertising and gives you in-game boosts for even more Android apps and games news updates releases deals and more don't forget to check out this week's newsletter which is linked in the video description below there you'll find a bunch of stuff that we didn't have this here you can sign up for the newsletter using the form in the written companion which is also linked in the video description below and we'll send it to your inbox every single Sunday also don't forget to check out the android authority app for even faster news updates and that about does it for this one folks if you want to keep watching we have another video about the best black friday and cyber monday deals linked up there on the screen and in the video description below don't forget to check out that newsletter and keep it tuned to android authority because we are your source for all things android thanks again for watching everybody and have a wonderful day