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hello again ladies and gentlemen I'm Joe Hindy the android authority app guy and welcome back to Google Play weekly in this week's episode we're going to talk about Google Apps getting updated some new place to rules and take a guess what the Play Store makes more money than now we're going to talk about that and a whole lot more so let's get started the first thing we're going to talk about this week is asphalt 8 airborne the sequel to asphalt 7 released by gameloft has already received quite a bit of attention and praise so far it's received a higher rating than asphalt 7 ever had on the Google Play Store and it's already accumulated over a hundred thousand downloads the game features a lot of improvements there are better graphics more cars more levels and the all-important google play games features like leaderboards and achievements it uses the same old tilt controls with the nitrous being on the right and the brakes on the left so it won't take too long to get used to other is a pretty well-known voice command app that came out in the days before Android had a real Siri competitor it even had some more advanced features like always on kind of like the Moto X but before the days of the Moto X it recently got a huge update that now uses google now cards and can search a variety of new sources we won't bore you with all the details so here are a few of the highlights it now has Spotify integration google now integration it can search sites like amazon and twitter a fun little add-on that was added is the ability to wake up the app by saying okay Google so people without a Moto X can at least pretend like they have one among other things that happened this week both Google+ and Google Hangouts got an update on the Google+ side of things that were bug fixes performance enhancements and notifications now appear if your old photos get Auto awesome it's not that big of an update but it should be pretty nice if you're a fan of auto awesome on the Hangout side of things AT&T customers can now use Google Hangouts over their data connections this is a pretty big deal for AT&T customers who previously had to be on Wi-Fi to use the app aside from that hangouts got a few bug fixes one of our favorite news items this week is the inclusion of a bunch of new rules to the google play store these new rules are expected to take effect on September 23 2013 and app coders have until then to get their applications updated once it hits expect friendlier applications and less advertisements there are a lot of changes so we'll highlight just a few here apps can no longer put ads in notification bars they can also no longer place home screen shortcuts bookmarks or icons for advertising also apps can no longer give incentive for you to remove other third-party applications there are a lot more check out the video description for the links to the stories mentioned to learn more a couple of weeks ago we talked about how the google play store has passed up the apple app store in the total number of downloaded apps this last week Google Play has passed up another competitor this time it's handheld games a new study shows that Google Play now makes more money on games than handheld gaming consoles according to the IDC people now spend more money on games in the Google Play Store than they do on handheld gaming consoles sources say that this is because nearly half of all handheld game console owners actually buy games on their android devices as well iOS is still the leader by a whole bunch but their old nemesis is now nipping at their heels next up is our trending apps segment where we talk about five apps that have been making a splash in the Play Store this week first on the trending list is baguette this popular game has made it to Android and it's a fun little way to kill a few minutes the free version is roughly half the game with the paid version unlocking everything else it's a little simple in both graphics and mechanics but it's still pretty challenging next up is an app called shareware this nifty little app shares your exact location with anyone but without the social media nonsense like you get from facebook or foursquare you can share to anyone using practically any messaging service it can be useful under a number of circumstances like when someone asks where you are to get directions the transit app is a useful app for anyone who uses public transportation however do be aware that it's not for everyone currently there are 43 cities supported and they're not all in the US either so it's a good at to check out even if you don't live there it's simple it works and it's free but a little irritating to use if you don't live in a supported area we reported on menu on keyboard a few months ago and it's out now this ridiculous little keyboard takes your tapping gibberish and turns it into words it takes a while to get used to but it does seem to work pretty well also there's a regular keyboard packed in should you ever need one for faster typing until you get used to it last on our trending apps list this week is a kids game called toca kitchen this popular game originated on iOS and now you can have it on Android too in this simple little game kids grab up ingredients from the left and cook them in various ways to create a meal on the right they can then feed that meal to the character it is important to remember that this is for small children because it has almost no entertainment value for most adults once again I'm Joe Hindy the android authority app guy feel free to subscribe to our YouTube channel and if you liked this show check out some of our other ones we have a weekly new show with Josh Berg are the weekly Q&A with Christopher book and the sunday giveaway where we give away something every Sunday the social media links and the written companion to this video or in the video description thanks for watching and have a wonderful day