Gadgetory

hello again ladies and gentlemen I'm Joe handy the Android authority app guy and welcome back to Android apps weekly this is episode number 159 so let's get right into those headlines Samsung's milk music was finally put to rest this last week as of September 22nd this service will no longer be available for download or for use it shouldn't surprise anyone because this was announced a couple of months ago prior milk music users will get a 14-day free trial to slacker radio since that was the service that originally powered milk music it's still available in China and South Korea for now but it won't last forever there either a study was released late last week that showed that only 13% of all users downloaded 50% of all of the apps this makes a lot of sense because US early adopters can and will frolic from one application to the next to see if it's any good another interesting stat is that 49% of people in the survey didn't actually download a single application during the survey period on average people interested in applications download about 3.5 per month I tackle that about every other day Google is formerly blowing out amp for accelerated mobile pages to everyone all around the world starting this week for those who don't know amp is a project to help web pages load much more quickly and take up far less data than their non amp counterparts Google boasts that they've done up to 600 amp sites already in 232 regions the only other thing of note is that this won't change the search results at all so you'll still see the same searches now as you did last week Yahoo sent out an email this week to tell everybody about a data leak that happened all the way back in 2014 on top of being massively late to the party Yahoo also revealed that they believed the culprit behind the hacks was a state-sponsored actor and that it was more than just account passwords that got taken they didn't mention which state or country the attack originated in but there are really only a handful that target us-based companies like Yahoo anyway of course that also doesn't explain why it took them two years to tell us about it the latest Humble Bundle is now live and this time around the bundle is based around art effects movie games for both PC and mobile you can pay whatever you want and get three of the games beat the average and get six total games or pay more than $5 and get every game in the bundle there are some good titles here and it's also a great way to to charity and play some awesome games at the same time Paper Planes is a cute little application where you can make a paper airplane and then throw it into the Internet it is then eventually retrieved by somebody else likewise you'll be able to catch planes thrown by other people stamp your location stamp on there and then throw it back out again there is really not a use for an app like this one and it doesn't provide any functionality but it is kind of fun to see how far your paper airplane flew before it was caught by somebody else it's completely free and again it's not overly useful but it's their construction crew 3d is a fun little time killers that'll have you driving around and using various construction vehicles that includes things like cranes dump trucks and other various vehicles and you'll have full control over their various implements of destruction at its core construction crew 3d is a puzzle game that'll have you solving various puzzles in order to progress to the next level it features over 90 missions 15 vehicles that you can drive and a whole lot more the free version is ad supported and you can buy the pro version as an in-app purchase Google trips is a new application that helps you plan your trips the central idea is that it gives you a one-stop hub for things like your itinerary places of interest restaurant reservations and other kinds of things that you generally need when you take a trip it'll also help you find stuff to do if you're not 100% certain of what you want to do once you get to wherever it is it you're going it's fully featured and it can even be accessed offline in case you end up somewhere without an internet connection you can get it for free right now so flux is a minimal puzzle game that a lot of people seem to be enjoying right now the basic premise of this one is that you have a couple of waves that you need to line up in order to make it look like the third wave it sounds easy when you say it out loud but it does get rather difficult rather quickly it's a great little time killer for those who like puzzles perhaps the best part of the game is that it's completely free to play with the in-app purchases being for developer donations if you feel like you want to give them a few bucks Google alo was perhaps the most anticipated application of 2016 and now it's out to the public the application features goofy little things like stickers emoji and location messaging while also providing a clean look and feel a Lowe's main feature is Google assistant which you can ping in its own chats or in any chat where everybody is using a low it's not amazing just yet but word is that new features will be coming rather swiftly you can pick it up for free and if you want to learn more we'll have QuickLook video linked up in the video description below this week's edition of the Android apps weekly show is sponsored by peril I'm this is a fun little social application that lets you express your random thoughts and ideas anonymously the app will also help you track your thoughts and ideas so you can get a better view of yourself over time the interface is wicked simple to use and you should be able to open it up and get to writing in no time flat you'll also be able to check out the thoughts and ideas of other anonymous users which you can show support for and like overall it's a pretty fun little experience and did we mention that it's completely free give it a shot and show your support for the Android apps weekly show for even more Android apps and games news updates and releases don't forget to check out this week's newsletter which is linked in the video description below there you'll find additional information that we didn't have space for here if you'd like you can use the forum which is in the written companion which is also linked in the video description below to sign up for the newsletter which will send to you every single Sunday you can also get even faster updates with the android authority app and that about does it for this one folks if you want to keep watching we do have that Google allo quick look linked up there on the screen and in the video description below if you're interested don't forget to sign up for 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 you