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this week's episode of the Android apps weekly show is brought to you by chameleon color adapting live wallpaper Logan ladies gentlemen I'm Joe Hindy the android authority app guy and welcome back to android apps weekly it's a little bit boring because it's summertime but we did still have some headlines let's take a look at them with a little bit of tinkering it's been found out that you can in fact control Windows 10 with your Android smartphone it requires the use of tasker and a couple of plugins still there is a learning curve there but it's really cool to see this being done earlier this week the esteemed and unique browser link bubble received a huge update to version 1.5 on top of getting the update the application also got a new owner as developer Chris Lacey announced the sale it was for an undisclosed amount and to an undisclosed company I'm sure we'll know more about it eventually speaking of things being sold Nokia offloaded their acclaimed here maps to various German auto manufacturers such as Audi and BMW for about 2.8 billion US dollars this is a huge deal but interestingly enough Nokia actually took a loss because they originally paid 8.1 billion for a few years ago square enix announced a huge sale this week that includes a number of their biggest titles including some final fantasy games secret of mana and Dragon Quest 8 square enix is known for putting out some expensive games so this is a great chance to get them for a little bit cheaper a new humble bundle is out now and it includes nine games from Games Workshop which means there are a ton of warhammer games to be had the whole package would cost you forty four dollars if you bought them separately but you can get them all for just about four bucks and donate to charity in the process that's a win-win for even more Android apps and games headlines updates and new releases don't forget to check out this week's newsletter which is linked in the video description below there we'll have all the 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update to the bookmark interface and playback controls for the media if you want to see the future of Google Chrome then give this app a try the bar mark is an interesting and unique adventure game that has no point by that I mean there is no score no goals and no 3 starring anything you walk around in a fairly well designed world and alter the landscape based on what you think it should look like it's kind of weird because it doesn't have a goal or a point which technically doesn't qualify it as a video game but it is an interesting application nevertheless it is two dollars and ninety-nine cents but to beware of those release day bugs gun jack is a new video game that was developed specifically for the Samsung gear VR platform by the developers who brought us the eve series of games it's a first person shooter where you sit in a turret spin around and shoot bad guys this is an awesome premise of one of the few VR games that really takes advantage of the platform without feeling like it was intentionally built around it it's done but it wanders until this autumn the fish brain is an application for fishing enthusiasts that kind of turns the actual act of fishing into a video game it's a crowdsourced application that allows you to see what fish are biting where and keep track of where you are when the fish actually do start biting there are also leaderboards prayer locations you can see who has caught the most and biggest fish it's a fun little application and one that all anglers should definitely try out last up this week is shooting star shooting stars is the latest game out of noodle cake studios this one has you suiting up and battling aliens that are mostly disguised as celebrities it's an arcade shooter with retro graphics and tons of rainbow lasers explosions and bright colors the game also includes over 60 ridiculous weapons plenty of celebrity cameos and there is also a hoverboard it's fast paced and utterly ridiculous and there are also no in-app purchases thanks again for watching everybody but let's get down to some serious business this week's Android apps weekly is sponsored by a chameleon color adapting live wallpaper this unique live wallpaper changes your background colors based on your surroundings the way it works is you set the wallpaper and then find things you'd like and point your camera at it to grab the colors it includes a preview to see what colors you'll be getting and it's pretty decent on battery life it's an interesting live wallpaper and it's to go ahead and give it a shot once again I'm Joe Hindy the android authority app guidewire here why not subscribe to the android authority youtube channel if you're hanging out for a minute we have a couple of Awesome videos for you to watch right over there and they're also linked in the video description below for you folks on mobile finally don't forget to check out the written companion which is in the video description below and don't forget to sign up that newsletter and subscribe to twitch as always thanks for watching everybody I'll see you next week and I hope you all have a wonderful weekend