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this episode of the Android apps weekly show is brought to you by hex lock hello again ladies and gentlemen I'm Joe Hindy the android 30 appt guy and welcome back to another episode of android apps weekly we got headlines we got news let's talk about it first up this week we'd like to announce that android authority is now on twitch we've decided to check out the platform so we could bring you even more mobile gaming fun so go subscribe and keep an eye out for our next live stream we play games we chatted up and we'd like to have some fun a potential upcoming android game called kill the plumber will let you actually kill mario once and for all the game is a parody of the popular Mario series except you play as the bad guys as you attempt to keep Mario from winning the interesting thing here is the Apple App Store turn this app down so we'll see how it fares on Android Facebook has announced a new algorithm for their photos that will be able to identify you in pictures even if you're not facing the camera this unique and slightly frightening algorithm is expected to roll out to the services very soon and it boasts a really good eighty-three percent success rate and identifying people a new commercial for Google Translate has unveiled that the application translates over 100 billion words every single day the idea behind the commercial was to show how it's changed how we communicate and what are the most translated phrases they are how are you thank you and I love you in our last major headline this week google has announced that Google Play Music will now have free ad-supported radio this means you can enjoy the various playlists and radio stations without buying an all-access pass as long as you don't mind a few advertisements much like Spotify and Pandora right now it's for the u.s. only but we do expect expansion eventually for even more Android apps and games news don't forget to subscribe to our newsletter in the video description below where we'll have all the stories from the last week even the ones we didn't have time for in this video if you're so inclined you can also sign up with your email address and will beam this information directly to your inbox every single Friday all right folks it's time for that part of the show where we talk about the apps and games that made a big splash this week as usual if you want to check any of these applications out you can find the links in the video description below microsoft released individual word excel and powerpoint applications to tablets earlier this year to massive success after a few months of rumors those three applications are now finally available for android phones as well as android it's the tablet versions are already known to be fairly high quality and powerful productivity apps and we've no doubt that the phone versions will be the same way do beware that you will need a Microsoft account in order to use all of the features to their fullest the game on project is an interesting game discovery application that aims to help you find mobile games that are to your liking the way it works is you sign in answer some questions and then you tell it what games you've heard of and know about it will then recommend games to you based on your decisions some of the questions could be potentially awkward but the developers swear that they do matter it's worth a look if you're looking for some games dawn of the sniper is a new freemium game where you play as a sniper and you go on missions to do what snipers do best which is shoot people the game includes easy to learn mechanics plenty of levels and a variety of weapons achievements and more the in-app purchases for this game aren't too bad one of them is to remove advertisements and you can beat the game without purchasing anything really it's a fun little time waster and it's worth a shot get it a shot Square Enix has released Dragon Quest 6 on Android this is the final chapter of the zenith Ian trilogy and you can find the other two parts on the google play store as well it's a little steeply priced at 1499 but there are no in-app purchases the game has also played in portrait mode like most of the other Dragon Quest games the graphics are a bit retro but this game was originally released in the mid-90s and so that's to be expected if you like JRPGs this is a great option last up is siege fall by gameloft this game caught our attention at e3 for its decent graphics and simple premise it's much like games such as clash of clans or boom beach except with better graphics and a longer story line there are some release date bugs and some may not like the in-app purchase strategies but this is one of the more decent freemium games to be released this year it's worth a shot if you like strategy games and you don't mind in-app purchases thanks again for watching the show everybody but let's get down to some serious business hecks lock is a security application that's aimed to help you protect your applications the way it works is you choose a profile and then you select which applications are locked down on that profile from there every time someone tries to enter those applications they'll have to enter a password before the application can be opened you can't select virtually any application installed on your device which means you can keep friends out of your video games keep kids out of your work email and it works really well for keeping Jays Broda out of your browser so we stopped downloading pictures of durian fruit to your gallery it's free to use and the only in-app purchase is to remove ads we'd like to thank hex lock for their supports of the android apps weekly show once again I'm Joe Hindy the android authority app guy while you're here why not subscribe to the android authority youtube channel if you're hanging out for a minute we have a couple of awesome videos for you to watch right over there and they're also linked in the video description below for you folks 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