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hello again ladies and gentlemen I'm Joe handy the Android authority app guy and welcome back to Google Play weekly in this week's episode we're to talk about some big app updates a huge chromecast update so Google Play Store changes and a lot more so let's get started google has updated their venerable gmail application to version 4.7 and with it came some new features included is auto responses printing capabilities and the ability to attach pretty much any kind of file you want to an email unfortunately the printing feature is available only to people who have a device running KitKat the auto responder is nifty if you're on vacation on a break at work or just busy and can't respond to emails the best new feature though is the file types you can now send virtually any type of file you want as an attachment and lastly memory consumption is now improved thanks to projects felt the long-awaited updates and Nova Launcher is now finally available we've been talking about it for weeks so most people should probably know the features by now if you use it you should have gotten the update by now and if you want it you can find it in the Google Play Store this update is pretty much bringing Kit Kat goodness to Nova Launcher you'll get things like the font the folders the scroll indicator the icon pack and a number of other smaller theme elements it also gives you the ability to backup and restore your settings using your external sd card if you have one it should work on any device running Android 4.0 and up people have been waiting for chromecast to get more useful and this week it has in this man with update chromecast can now be used by VEVO songs a real player cloud and yes even Plex it is a huge update and we've no doubt its proximity to Christmas is entirely intentional because with this latest batch of apps the $35 chromecast is looking like a better purchase than ever obviously the biggest update here is Plex but beware you'll have to pay a little extra to get Plex to cast from your Android device you can do a lot of things with Android and soon we'll be able to add 3d scanning to that list an application is in development right now that gives you crazy accurate 3d scans without a lot of work it's not the first app that allows for 3d scanning but even in its alpha stage it's the most impressive it processes everything in real time right there on the device which will be a first in the Android ecosystem from there you can take a look at the 3d scan or send it off to a 3d printer or 3d printing service to have a reproduction made so far no release date has been announced last week Google Play was updated to include an in-app purchases indicator along with improved social integration this means a lot of things but the one that most people will care about is the in-app purchase indicator it's still rolling out so many people don't have it just yet while the features are simple they provide a much greater insight not only into what kind of apps you'd like but what the apps themselves offer the in-app purchase indicator is obviously the biggest improvement people who don't like freemium games for whatever reason can now avoid them so who wants to see some trending applications as usual if you want to check any of these apps out you can find the links in the written companion in the video description first on our list this week is Angry Birds go we reviewed this app a couple of days ago and found out that if you can get past the obnoxious in-app purchases that the game itself is actually pretty good there have been some early jitters like device compatibility issues but otherwise it's a fresh face and an otherwise stagnant Angry Birds lineup the Android device manager has finally made its way to the Google Play Store with it you can see where your device is and remotely wipe it if anything goes wrong if you do use this app it's highly recommended to use a lock screen password because otherwise whoever steals your device can remotely wipe all of your Android devices cover is a lock screen replacement and it's quite possibly one of the best ones out there it's fluid and beautiful with a number of interesting and useful features it was just released after a long stay in the invite-only zone and it's free to try so if you're bored with your lockscreen we think you should give this one a try Sega re-released the original Sonic game a while back to rave reviews and that's likely going to continue with the release of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 in this remake you'll be able to play all the levels you remember as a kid you can play a sonic tails or Knuckles and there are even new levels and bosses you can even play the lost hidden palace zone levels for the first time it's definitely worth the $2.99 when dave frame launched its free edition we found it to be the best application of its kind and dave frame prime makes it even better it extends the functionality with a number of new features including custom playlists a variety of customizable timers getting weather conditions and soon it'll even support syncing between devices it's $4.99 regularly but it's on sale for 99 cents right now for a short time once again i'm joe hindi the android authority after i don't forget to subscribe to our youtube channel and check out these social media links below if you're hanging out for a minute we have a couple of awesome video suggestions right there also don't forget to check out the written companion in the video description thanks again for watching and have a wonderful day