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Lloyd had some kids in a week that saw the Moto X finally get officially announced we also sell samsung getting quite a bit of trouble hey it's Josh of a guard from Android thority what's going on everybody and it's time for another dose of the week's top Android news it's android authority weekly if you were jealous of new Nexus 7 owners because your old one was starting to show its age Google seems to have already had a plan in place for the aging tablet and it has to do with software apparently the slowness that many people have seen over time using last year's nexus 7 occurs because when blocks of the flash memory get used up android has to try to clear some out when it needs to write more data this whole process really slows things down well in android 4.3 something called the trim command was added in that performs a large-scale wipe of unused blocks in the flash memory in order to circumvent this process it happens over the course of a couple hours and happens when the tablet has a good charge is idle and the screen is off so rest easy original Nexus 7 owners because if you're anything like the people in our comments you're going to start seeing a speed increase when Android 4.3 finally comes your way Samsung gotten some real hot water this week when anandtech caught wind of a user's peculiar discovery a forum user found that his ex enos powered galaxy s4 would kick into high gear when benchmark programs are run and only then and in tech investigated and found code in the architecture of the galaxy s4 octa that wraps up the production of the GPU and cpu when specific benchmarking programs like n22 are trigger simply put they were gaming the benchmarking system when we all know that scores and benchmark tests tend to have a bit of importance since all these accusations were made Samsung has released statement stating that this is simply not true and that all apps have the ability to access this increase in process of production we don't quite know who to believe but anateck is one of the most reputable sources for tech and to be fair these questionable practices are nothing new at least in the computing world we'll have more on this as more information comes in the coming days if you're a heavy Microsoft Office user on your Android device then first of all what the hell are you doing and second of all you must have been pretty happy when off has finally made its way to the Google Play Store it is a free download but that's about as far as you can go users still have to be office 365 subscribers and even then the app just lets you do simple edits and creations of Word Excel and PowerPoint files if you still use say PowerPoint for all your presentation needs then by all means go nuts and now we get to the news that you've probably been waiting for mostly because you've become accustomed to hearing about it all the damn time but luckily the Moto X has finally been officially announced and guess what those leaks and rumors they were all pretty much right the motorola flagship does support a 720p 4.7 inch display that perpetually displays your notifications so you never have to even unlock the phone the processor is indeed the dual-core Snapdragon s4 pro coupled with the audrina 320 and both are part of the motorola x8 computing system features include a 10 megapixel clear pixel camera that can be accessed by flicking the device twice and an always-on voice recognition service that allows you to trigger google now at any time by saying okay Google now customization rumors were also true as moto maker was unveiled as a way to cater your device to your style you can change the color on the back the front and the accents on the various buttons and the ring around the camera and graving zar available for the back of the phone and you can also put a custom phrase in the boot animation all Moto X devices will be assembled in Fort Worth Texas and thus sent to you within five days of purchase the moto maker catch though is that for now it is only available for devices bought through AT&T versions on verizon and US Cellular will currently only be available in the stock black or white colors all US moto x's will cost you a pretty hefty price of one hundred ninety nine dollars on 2-year contracts a price point that has actually been a pretty big point of contention so that's the Moto X a somewhat mid-range device on the inside that boasts individuality on the outside well we won't know how stacks up against the rest of the competition until we spend ample time with the device but our own Joe Hindy looked at the specs on paper and pondered the battles even given just the specifications the Moto X definitely came out on top against last year's phones but more importantly it lost by only small margins against current top devices head to android authority for the full feature now Joe wasn't the only one that was doing some major thinking though i'm sure you've gotten at least a little bit tired of all of the Moto X news leaks rumors that have come out in the last few months but now that the device has been officially announced do you think it lived up to all of the hype and the massive train of leaks and rumors our own Derek Ross took a hard look at this hypebeast phenomenon that surrounded the Moto X and if it honestly kind of ruined it for us head to android authority calm for this great piece on the Moto X and let us know what you think our final piece of news will please all of you forgetful people out there if you ever lose your phone or tablet Google now has its own version of locator software to help you find it later this month Google Play services will get the Android device manager a way for you to locate your phone or tablet make it ring even when silent and remotely wipe it if you need that's great and all but some people might scoff at the idea I mean I pretty much never lose my phone I just got back from the crowded streets of downtown LA with my Oppo find 5 and it is still in my who as always a written companion for this video can be found in the description below don't forget our other weekly features like Q&A and the sunday giveaway both hosted by Chris and stay tuned because we have a lot of new stuff in store for you here at Android authority because we're your source for all things Android