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this episode of android authority is brought to you by netflix head to netflix.com / android for a free 30-day trial isn't it great to finally get some real releases rather than just leaks and rumors this week we got a new lineup from Motorola the new Nexus 7 was finally unleashed and now we also have a new way of watching online content oh and we also got more Moto X leaks hey Josh of a guard from android authority what's going on everybody and it's time for another dose of the week's top Android news it's android authority weekly after months of hearing about the new flagship phone by motorola the Moto X was actually put aside this week in lieu of a brand new lineup of droid phones verizon's droid event this past week was covered very well by Chris and he actually made a rundown video for all of you so if you haven't seen it yet make sure you check it out when you have a chance anyway Motorola effectively bolstered verizon's device lineup by introducing three new droids the droid mini the droid ultra and the droid maxx the droid mini is the smallest of the bunch coining the phrase compact without compromise we're looking at a smaller phone that definitely brings the power a 4.3 inch 720p screen is backed up by a rather mysterious mobile computing system currently called the motorola x8 which consists of a quad-core GPU a dual-core cpu and a couple single core processors for contextual computing and natural language processing respectively the droid ultra looks to fulfill the promise of its name by bringing an incredible experience in what Motorola claims is the thinnest Android set available it is just over seven millimeters thick you get a 5 inch 720p display on here with the motorola x8 mobile computing system and a 10 megapixel clear pixel camera that is found across all three devices the Droid Maxx is perhaps the most anticipated of the bunch as any battery life blows you may have had in the past will be solved by its 3500 milliamp hour battery sporting all of the same inner specs as the ultra you'll have the X a processing package that the max claims will run for 48 hours all three of these new droid sport features we saw in moto x leaks like the open mic I think it's pretty safe to say that Motorola is right back in the game with their new offerings or at the very least they made quite the splash this past week you can pre-order all of these new droids at Verizon and they will ship on August twentieth and from one press event we move on to another Google had its breakfast event this past week and brought us a couple of very well received updates and one product that just might be a sleeper hit I did the rundown video for that particular event so if you still haven't seen it make sure you check it out for all of the in-depth information Android 4.3 was finally made official and brings with it optimizations on top of few new features mainly support for a nude OpenGL system and restricted profiles that are more or less like parental controls it ships on the new Nexus 7 and should be made available to other Nexus devices in due time even though plenty of people have been expressing their disdain over not getting it yet and like expected the Nexus devices are getting them first but the google play editions of the samsung galaxy s4 and HTC One are going to get it soon as for OEM Sony is currently the only one to come forward stating that they are currently working on getting 4.32 the Xperia line in the near future and then we move on to the Nexus 7 the new slimmer thinner and all-around more powerful tablets the hotly anticipated 7-inch tablet is finally here with a slightly smaller but overall much better handling profile and better bits underneath the Snapdragon s4 pro the Audrina 322 gigabytes of RAM and 16 gigabytes on the base model oh and there's also a 5 megapixel camera on it now you can get the new Nexus 7 now for 229 dollars on the base model and 269 dollars for the 32 gigabyte model oh and finally the chromecast an extremely affordable $35 peripheral that makes any hdmi capable TV a smart TV what was once the Nexus Q essentially has been shrunken down and streams content straight from outlets like YouTube and Netflix plenty of people have been flocking to the chromecast and for good reason it's got great potential all of which was outlined by our own dare across in a look on how the chromecast has just helped the living room evolve so we got our new Nexus 7 but what about our next is 10 the larger tablet by Google and Samsung had a near perfect to first attempt and now we can't wait to see what they have in store for the next one well someone from The Wall Street Journal got to talk to sundar pichai who gave us a signature of Google tease apparently the Nexus 10 is coming out in the near future it's nice to know we're getting our Nexus devices soon as all we have left then is the Nexus 5 and then hopefully Android five-point but of course we can't go long without more Moto X leaks this week's leak brought us a little bit more information about the build of the phone and a possible accessory supposedly the Moto X will sport moto magic glass which is basically a slab of Gorilla Glass molded in such a way as to create a gap free surface all around the phone it could also feature dual LTE antennas along with another antenna for two or three G instead of the usual one antenna that handles both and finally the fabled SmartWatch that Google was supposedly working on might be launched with the Moto X on August first in the end we're just waiting with bated breath for whatever moto and google has in store for us on the first and so there you have it for this edition of android authority weekly as always a written companion for this video can be found in the description below right next to where you can drop us a like and if you haven't already subscribe chris is back this week fielding your questions on QA and giving something cool away on the sunday giveaway and as for 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