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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 169 so let's get started niantic and starbucks have announced a collaboration over the course of the coming weeks 7800 starbucks locations will be turned into either a pokey gym or a pokey stop this comes just a couple of weeks after a similar sprint deal salt 10,000 stores joined the ranks of pokey stops or gyms additionally starbucks will be installing a Pokemon go Frappuccino this is just in time for the massive December update that promises more Pokemon along with more features pandora has finally announced a relative release date for their Pandora premium service for those who don't know the service is going to be a lot like Spotify Apple music google play music and others it'll have on demand access to a larger music library playlist and a whole lot more while still having some of the features of the original app pandora is launching the service sometime in early 2017 and we don't know how much it'll cost yet but we're guessing it'll be the standard 999 like most services google play is reportedly testing a new and separate apps and games section in the google play store currently both of them are in more or less the same spot earlier this year Google started removing the games from the app section in the top charts this seems to be a natural continuation of that effort we don't know if it's rolling out to everybody or if it's just an a/b test but it would be really nice if it did a while back Sony said that they could be getting into the mobile gaming fray this week they officially announced that they were working on 10 mobile games forward works will be developing and releasing all 10 games for those who don't know that's a company that Sony set up specifically to make mobile games based on PlayStation IP the release date is set for 2017 for all ten games in a surprise twist Square Enix will also be collaborating on a game with Sony early next year google has officially opened up google home for application development the platform should allow developers to integrate new voice commands into their apps to make it compatible with home a few developers are already working on it including yahoo dominos CNBC and a few others google will also be adding an additional features over time some examples are the ability to purchase things or book things like airplane flights the cult classic courtroom sim from Capcom has finally hit android Apollo Justice Ace Attorney was released this last week to critical acclaim the game is the fourth in the series which is a bit odd but it isn't that big of an issue it has been faithfully ported with all the gameplay of the original the controls have of course been adapted to mobile for easier play it costs exactly one arm and one leg at 1599 but there are no in-app purchases paypal business was quietly released by paypal vez last week as the name implies the application was made for business owners it has a variety of business oriented features including the ability to manage invoices send invoices transfer money access customer information and you can even manage sales and account activity it has a simple design that is quite easy to use it's also completely free you can do a lot worse than this if you run a business out of paypal dawn of titans is a new strategy game okay it's not exactly new it was actually soft launched a few months ago the game was officially launched earlier this week the game shares a lot of mechanics with other large-scale war games and strategy games the difference is that this one actually looks pretty good you can build and command a giant army that you'll have fighting against massive Titans it has the usual array of stuff including daily quests events and campaigns you can engage with it's a freemium game but it's worth a shot if you don't hate those trusted contacts is a new application from google that tells other people your location thankfully it's only when you want it to the application works by allowing you to define a number of trusted contacts those people can then request your location it will if you don't respond in a reasonable time frame the application will let them know where you are it's great for emergency situations natural disasters and especially for families it's also completely free bully was originally released by Rockstar Games all the way back in 2006 like it's Grand Theft Auto titles that received its fair share of controversy but had a loyal cult following anyway now the game is on Android for those who have never played it's an open world adventure game where you play as a kid your goal is to complete various missions go to class and engage in various other activities it's relatively inexpensive at 699 but it has no in-app purchases for even more Android apps and games news releases and updates check out this week's newsletter which is linked in the video description 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