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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 148 and a surprisingly busy week considering that it's the middle of the summer so let's get right into it if anyone was curious about why third party launchers don't have Google now integrated directly into them the creator of nova launcher wrote up a post this week explaining why the long and short of it is that Google only allows integration with system applications that's why Sony was able to do it with their built-in launcher regular applications aren't installed to the system partition and therefore cannot do it he is hopeful that the API will be expanded someday but until then you can always use gesture controls to directly open the application Square Enix Montreal decided to poke some fun at the naming scheme of Pokemon go and its similarity to SCS Laura Croft go hit man go and the upcoming Deus Ex go it's a goofy little video that shows ash ketchum punching Pikachu in the face well played square enix well played with the release of Pokemon go one of the most common topics of conversation has been safety there have been some unconfirmed reports of people already getting mugged while wandering into the wrong part of town and police and fire departments the world over are reminding people to stay safe especially while driving and walking to avoid injury will join in with that call to safety don't drive while playing pokemon go it's just not a good idea snapchat will be introducing a new feature to the mix here sometime soon called memories memories will introduce the ability to save your snaps and then organize them this includes a my eyes only section where you can save your snaps behind a password to prevent snooping eyes from seeing it the new feature has rolled out to select residents in California with a more widespread release scheduled soon badland 2 is quickly approaching a release date on Android and that may not be the best of news word is that cheetah mobile makers of clean master have licensed the game from the makers which released it on iOS for a cool three dollars and ninety-nine cents they have turned it from a pay once game into a freemium game with energy video ads and tons of in-app purchases which taker with the core mechanics of the game this is depressing and badland tube will likely not live up to its predecessor at least not on Android for even more Android apps and games news really and updates don't forget to check out this week's newsletter which is linked in the video description below you can sign up for it if you want to on the written companion which is also linked in the video description below and we'll send it to you every Sunday you can also check out our official application if you want the news even faster okay folks let's take a look at the absent games that made a big splash this week as usual if you want to check out any of these apps or games for yourself we'll have all of those links for you in the video description below titan quest is an action RPG that originally came out on pc in 2006 emu has ported the game to android in all of its glory and without hardly any changes the controls have been translated to touch screens but the rest of it remains mostly faithful it features a large open world with over 1,200 items to discover 80 different creatures to fight a variety of skills and it boasts a playtime of over 60 hours this is one of the few action RPGs available that comes with a price tag and no in-app purchases and that makes it worth checking out the TV is a new launcher application that tries to make things simple you're restricted to two home screens but one of them is a universal phone search we can find your apps games contacts and other information the idea is that you put the most important stuff on your regular home screen and then you use the search for everything else it's a bit like iOS minus the Siri integration and it's great for those who want something dead simple and easy to use it's also completely free with no in-app purchases it's been a long 10 months of waiting but Square Enix has finally released final fantasy 7 on Android it features the full game without any changes to the storyline or the soundtrack the controls have obviously been made for touchscreens and there are some extra features such as the ability to max out your characters with just the tap of a button it's having a rough release since it's only been tested on a handful of devices and people didn't read the warnings before downloading the game we also wish it had Google Play game services but Square Enix generally adds that stuff in later the visor was officially released to the google play store this week for those who don't know this is an application that when paired with its chrome extension allows you to mirror your devices to your computer screen you'll also be able to control it using your mouse and keyboard it has a variety of uses from app testing to presentations you can even play some games on it but that's not really what it's useful for the app is free to download and you can pick up the chrome extension using the link the video description below the most anticipated mobile game of the summer has been launched Pokemon go went live this week in several countries including New Zealand Japan and the United States in case you've been living under a rock Pokemon go is an augmented reality location-based game that was created by the same people who did ingress the idea is that you walk around capture Pokemon battle people at jims and do a bunch of stuff out in the real world the game works pretty well so far but there have been some server issues along with a few release date bugs once you get into the game though it's actually pretty fun and that about does it for this one folks if you want to keep watching we have launched review of the xperia x performance linked up on the screen there and in 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