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this episode of the Android apps weekly show is brought to you by daegu cloud backup hello again ladies and gentlemen I'm Joe Hindy the android authority app guy and welcome back to android apps weekly this is episode 112 let's get right into those headlines and don't forget to stick around after the outro for a special announcements a new report out of avg shows which applications take up the most battery storage and data usage unsurprisingly most of them are audio and video streaming applications with a smattering of social media and messaging applications such as Facebook Tumblr and snapchat Google is now giving people the opportunity to become a beta tester for the official google application for the time being there's nothing new quite yet but it's only a matter of time before the beta testers start seeing new features ahead of everyone else the latest humble bundle is now live and includes games from kemco for those who don't know kemco makes JRPG style games so pretty much all of these have a ton of content you'll get three games for paying whatever you want and for more if you beat the average you'll also be helping charity which is always a good thing Samsung pay is reportedly making its way out to verizon samsung devices as the company's slow rollout of the app continues of course finding the app in the Play Store is like playing a game of hide-and-seek right now but we're sure these kinks will be worked out eventually the google play store is on the verge of a total redesign that separates entertainment stuff from the applications the new design is set to go live sooner or later so keep an eye out for that it looks nice it looks well organised and it'll be mostly a welcome change for even more Android apps and games news don't forget to check out this week's newsletter which is linked in the video description below there you'll find all the stuff we didn't have time or space for here today if you're so inclined you can head on over to the written 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release issues so do beware of those Sega has released a sequel to sonic dash simply called sonic dash to sonic boom this one revolves around the new sonic cartoon show that's been out so you can expect to see references and characters from that the game itself is not all that different from the first as it is an infinite runner where you run around trying to collect coins it also features team mode where you can play with up to three players total new powers new obstacles and some more newer content it is free to download but there are in app purchases NBA 2k16 is an interesting release because it's actually a basketball game in contrast to last year's offering which was just a card collector game in this title you actually play basketball which is also the game's biggest feature it comes with a revamp soundtrack all of the teams and players and the on-screen controls actually aren't half bad there are also various modes including my career mode season mode and blacktop modes to play through with some other content to enjoy there are in app purchases which sucks given the price but otherwise it doesn't seem like a half bad game HTC restore was released this last week during the announcements and discussions about the 19 this is a simple application that doesn't do all that much really it simply allows you to restore applications data and more that you may have backed up using HTC's backup function built into their OEM skin it's totally free and only for HTC devices running marshmallow which means literally no one can download this yet but it is there if you ever need it after months of waiting the day finally arrived when minecraft story mode was released the highly anticipated title by Telltale Games given us minecraft but with a story with an all-star cast that includes Patton Oswalt Brian Posehn Martha Plimpton Corey Feldman and others so far it's received plenty of positive reviews and we anticipate that this will be one of the best paid games of the year the game is classic telltale games which means your decisions will have implications on the story and there will be a total of five episodes released this week's episode of the android apps weekly show is sponsored by d goo cloud backup this well-designed application gives you 100 gigabytes of free space to backup your device with whatever files you feel like storing there it employs military-grade encryption to keep your files safe and you can restore anytime want to the application uses material design and it definitely looks really good you can also choose which folders to back up when to upload backups and several other settings to make sure your backups are always up to date you can pick up an additional two hundred and fifty gigabytes of storage for two dollars and ninety-nine cents per month if needed but the first 100 gigabytes and the app itself is totally on the house give it a shot and show your support for the Android apps weekly show once again I'm Joe Hindy the android 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important news stories that's about it thanks for watching and everybody and I will see you all next Wednesday