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hello again ladies and gentlemen I'm Joe Hindy the android authority app guy and welcome to the 160 fifth edition of Android apps weekly let's put the crazy away from the last week and talk about some app news google announced this week that Google Chrome has hit 2 billion installations that includes desktop and mobile it's also the first Google service to boast that many installs according to google only about 1 billion of those are actually active users fun fact Google now has seven services with over a billion installs and they are chrome Gmail Google Play Android Maps search and YouTube amazon has been ordered to reimburse customers 86 million dollars due to unauthorized in-app purchases this is the final verdict from a court case that dated back to 2014 the court case revolved around kids being able to use the in-app purchases without parental consent both Google and Apple have had similar suits filed against them with 19 million and 32 million dollar fines respectively we bet amazon is going to be a lot more careful about this kind of stuff moving forward the latest humble bundle is now live and the theme for this one is board games you can pay one dollar to get to games three dollars to get up to six games or you can complete the bundle for five dollars or higher there is a really good set of board games up for grabs in this one including carcassonne ticket to ride and catan it's also a fantastic deal since taken to ride alone costs six dollars and ninety-nine cents of course it's also a great way to give to charity exposed users were wondering if the framework would eventually make it to android nougat the developer released an update to let everyone know that it's in the works the bad news is that there are some hurdles that are getting in the way based on the given information overcoming these hurdles is going to be quite the task and will determine if nougat gets exposed framework good luck to robo 89 we're all rooting for you pun intended Square Enix reportedly made over 1 billion dollars in sales mostly thanks to mobile games the mobile gaming portion of the sales totaled over seven hundred million dollars this is mostly thanks to titles such as mobius final fantasy final fantasy brave x vs Final Fantasy record keeper and an assortment of Final Fantasy console ports with Final Fantasy 15 coming out later this month on console we're sure that'll help add to the pot and bounce out a little bit now that Google daydream is officially out we're going to see a ton of applications for it one of the most prominent ones of this last week was YouTube BR it's essentially the standard YouTube platform that's been redesigned for VR consumption it puts special emphasis on 360 degree videos complete with spatial audio as well as other VR types of content anyone who has picked up a daydream device should and probably will check this one out astral frontier is the latest JRPG out of chemco it features a fairly familiar set of graphics and concepts you'll be exploring a world following a storyline and beating up on bad guys to get to the end of the game the combat is pseudo text-based first-person structure like you saw in JRPGs back in the 90s it should run on most devices including lower end ones it's also fairly inexpensive at two dollars and ninety-nine cents and it has no in-app purchases android auto has been out on android for a little while however this week marked the first week where it was widely available to most Android users you'll be able to download this application onto your phone and use it in your car which negates the need to have Android auto in your car natively you'll be able to do things like listen to music navigate with Google Maps send messages and a whole lot more Google is still working out all of the kinks but it's worth a shot pinout is the latest game out of mediocre the makers of the popular game smash hit this title is a hybrid of an adventure game and a pinball game you'll use the flappers to launch the ball through the level to try to make it to the end it features smooth colorful graphics along with simple mechanics you can pick up the game and play it for free with no in-app purchases or advertising there is an optional 299 premium upgrade that will give you the ability to save your progress if you so choose microsoft released a photo application this week called microsoft selfie this is a wicked simple little photo editor that's also pretty easy to use you simply open the application take a photo apply a filter and share it where it needs to go there is also a slider that lightly edits your photos automatically as well it's nothing overly special but it is quick and it does seem to work pretty well at the very least it's completely free with no in-app purchases do beware of those release date bugs though for even more Android apps and games news updates and announcements don't forget to check out this week's newsletter which is linked in the video too scription below 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