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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 178 so let's get started it's being reported that Google could be removing millions of applications from the google play store soon google reportedly sent an email to developers of applications that don't have a privacy policy those without a privacy policy will eventually be removed if they don't start including one developers will have until mid-march 2017 to fix the issue it should remove a ton of amateur apps filler apps and a whole bunch of abandoned ass it would help freshen things up quite a bit the latest humble bundle is now live this time around it will feature tons and tons of RPGs some of the games include evil land Duma destiny shadowrun returns star wars kotor and many more you can pay whatever you want and get three games you can beat the average and get four additional games or pay the flat six dollar fee to get every game in the bundle some of them are some pretty awesome RPGs and there are enough games here to last you a whole year Mozilla announced this week that half of their staff are being laid off they have also decided to redirect their focus to Internet of Things technology and some are reporting that Mozilla will also begin looking into AR and VR technology as well we also hope that their browser gets a little more love it's been a rough day for about 50 people what we do hope that it leads to better things going forward hatch had some big announcements this week their mobile game streaming service will offer over 90 games on its service for free when it launches some of the games include altos adventure evil land and a few others for those who don't know hatch is a spin-off from Rovio their premises to create a game streaming service for mobile gamers and it'll have no in-app purchases or anything like that they'll also have a paid version of the service but we don't know much about it just yet the Google now launcher will be removed from the google play store by the end of march additionally GMS partners won't be able to prepackage the launcher on their devices anymore a recent update allows third-party launchers to integrate the google now panel directly onto their launchers thus Google now launcher apparently is no longer necessary at least according to google because we thought it was fantastic we do have a list of alternatives if anyone is interested lego life is a community application for lego fans the idea is that boys and girls can join up check out Lego stuff and communicate with one another the app comes with Lego videos information about various sets and games and all kinds of other stuff you can also share videos and updates about what you're doing in the world of Lego the target audience is kids ages 5 to teenage years it's also completely free to download and use although there are some bugs that need to be fixed there are no in-app purchases with this app a boy and his blob is a remake of the original NES game of the same name aside from the graphical remaster the game is the same as it always was the world is threatened by an evil emperor and your job is to stop that from happening it's a classic platformer and the controls are smooth the graphics are colorful and there are plenty of puzzles and challenges to overcome of course you'll have your blob friend to help you out it's four dollars and ninety-nine cents with no in-app purchases camerata be our camera is something a little bit different you can use this application to link smartphones together to create your own VR camera rig it also uses a single user mode that lets you record a video and then the application tries to render it into a VR video for your enjoyment it then has a dual phone mode that lets you capture stereoscopic 3d videos it's a bit challenging to use and it's also quite new between the bugs and a new landscape you may run into a few issues here and there thankfully the application is completely free and it won't cost you anything to check it out good dogs is a new infinite runner about dogs it was made by 4th wall along with the popular Twitter account we rate dogs the game has a simple premise as you run through a dog park and try to avoid obstacles when you lose you'll be rated based on your performance it includes seven dogs to unlock some customizations and the developers promised a different part to run through every month it's a fun little time waster for dog fans and it's free to download and play the in-app purchases are just little customizations that you can unlock with real money email by easily view is a new and simple email app it boasts a simple no frills interface that puts nothing between you and your mail it also has an assistant built-in it tries to help you organize and find your important emails aside from that it supports a variety of account types real-time notifications for things like package tracking and flight info if you have those emails and you can unsubscribe from junk mail fairly quickly the only downside is that the application is in beta so there will be some bugs here and there otherwise it's completely free for even more Android apps and games news releases and updates don't forget to check out this week's newsletter which is linked in the video description below there you can find even more information that we didn't have the time or space for here you can send up for the newsletter using the form and the written companion which is also linked in the video description below if you want it delivered every single Sunday also don't forget to check out the android authority app for even faster updates and that about does it for this one folks if you want to keep watching Josh put up his awesome review of these snapchat spectacles and we have that linked up there on the screen and in the video description below don't forget to sign up for that newsletter and keep it tuned to android authority 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