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Nova Launcher makeover, Note 3 demo app, Hangouts with SMS! - Google Play Weekly

2013-11-08
hello again ladies and gentlemen I'm Joe Hindy the android authority app guy and welcome back to Google Play weekly once again Google will be dominating our headlines Samsung has released an application that allows people to demo note3 software and nova launcher is getting a makeover so without further ado let's get started in our first bit of news this week nova launcher developer Kevin Barry has announced that Nova Launcher will be getting a brand new makeover to make it look more like Google's latest offerings there has been some screenshots posted but it's still very unstable and no release date has been given yet if you've seen the Google Experience launchers and you know that look nova launcher is going for some things like transparent status bars will only be available on devices that can't support it and the always on Google now will have to be done a different way despite the challenges and limitations we're looking forward to seeing the new product after a few months of waiting google hangouts is finally being updated in the Google Play Store to bring SMS support for the last week or so people have been using the leaked apk that was pulled from the Nexus 5 and we actually need a review with it so if you want to see that it's on our YouTube channel along with SMS integration you'll also get more emojis the ability to send your location to anyone anytime gifs support and the ability to set your mood SMS has been a highly requested feature and now that it's here hangouts users can wave goodbye to their stock messaging app again if you want to see our review you can find it in our YouTube channel if you've been on the fence about purchasing a galaxy note 3 Samsung wants to help you out they've recently released an application to the google play store that will let you demo no 3 software before you buy it so you can see what it's all about notable features you can demo include air command pen window action memo and s finder there are some galaxy gear features you can also check out alongside those are a number of videos that will show you how the note 3 works it's not as good as releasing no three apps to the Google Play Store but if you wanted to try it out this is your chance a couple of weeks ago we did a review on swiftkey 4.3 beta the new features allow you to reshape move and resize the keyboard to fit your needs the update is now out of beta and rolling out to the Google Play Store now it's actually a pretty big update with this swiftkey has combined the tablet keyboard and the phone keyboard experience and it gives you a plethora of options to resize and move your keyboard to your liking we reviewed these changes a while back and you can see the full details in our review on our youtube channel and our last bit of news Android Kit Kats photo editor was showing off in a video that's been circulating around the internet essentially the video shows all of the new features and improvements of the photo editor watching the video actually makes the editor look really fun and we can't wait to get our hands on it you can apply a number of filters and tweaks to a photo to make it look like how you want it to look obviously it's no desktop Photoshop but it's still pretty powerful once you get it down it's about that time to check out some trending applications as usual if you want them the links are in the video description first up this week as the helpouts app Google has finally launched help out so people who need help can find it by people who can actually help the app is launched so far with great reviews and if you haven't checked out the service yet now is a great time to do so root users who have the galaxy note 3 have been pining for titanium backup to fix a problem with restoring backups for a while now with the latest update that issue is now fixed and you can now restore apps freely without using the restore con command in the terminal emulator also it's just a nice root app to have asphalt 8 airborne gameloft latest racing game is now free in the Google Play Store the game has transitioned to an in-app purchase model which will probably condemn it in the eyes of some people but if you want a fairly decent racing game for free than this is a good pick up google keyboard has been updated so now you can get the Android KitKat version the biggest and most noticeable feature is the blue being replaced by white you'll also have better access to emojis and improved space aware gesture typing last up on our trending apps list this week is the popular MMORPG aim clash of clans this game has been consistently updated since it was released on android a short time ago and the most recent one has added some new stuff these include rearming bombs instead of replacing them and being able to upgrade explosive traps once again I'm Joe Hindy the android authority app guy and this has been Google Play weekly feel free to subscribe to our YouTube channel and if you liked this show tune in next week 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