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this episode of the Android apps weekly show is brought to you by ES file explorer pro the pillow vogan ladies and gentlemen I'm Joe Hindy the android authority app guy and welcome back to android apps weekly this is episode number 120 let's get started as you have no doubt heard by now star wars the force awakens has had fairly stellar reviews so far and the fan hype has been unbelievable to celebrate the google play store is currently offering the movie for pre-order on google play as well as the soundtrack which you can get right now sure it's kind of silly to pre-order digital goods that never run out of stock but hey it's there if you want it this last week rumors began to surface that Google Hangouts was going to lose SMS integration this is of course bad news for people that use both fats and hangouts and it's been reported that Google will begin promoting their SMS application instead google voice users will still be able to text though and the application itself will gain other new features in a bizarre ruling court officials in Brazil levied a 48-hour ban on whatsapp when they refused to hand over user information for a criminal drug trafficking investigation the band has since been lifted because it was ruled unconstitutional that millions of Brazilians could cut off from their messaging services over something like that Facebook has announced that they're shutting down their photo syncing service on January 10 2016 from that moment on users can download a zip file containing all of their photos or they can get the Facebook moments application which will continue to the photo syncing goodness I guess they want moments to be a competitor to Google photos and we'll see how that goes to celebrate the holiday season there is currently a game sale going on in the Google Play Store there are more than 35 games on sale including most Square Enix games prune a couple of Lego games xcom enemy within and plenty more check out the list and grab up some awesome games on the cheap for even more Android apps and games news updates and releases don't forget to check out this week's newsletter which is linked in the video description below we had a ton of stuff this week that we didn't have time for here and we encourage you to check it out if you want you can go to the written companion which is also in the video description below and subscribe to the newsletter to get it sent to your email address every single week alright folks let's take a look at the apps and games that made a big splash this week as usual if you want to check any of these apps or game we'll have those links for you in the video description below pic Pell is a new application that is kind of like snapchat you and your friends take pictures of things and those pictures are used to create collages that are then posted this process can be repeated whenever the mood strikes it's a fun concept in the app uses material design which looks good unfortunately the application only allows facebook login and it's a little rough around the edges but it's definitely something to keep an eye on this last week Google announced over a dozen new designer watch faces that aim to give Android wear users a little more class to their smartwatches some of the designers include Ted Baker Vivienne Tam adidas and plenty of others every watch face is entirely free and they all have their own unique looks and features that are definitely worth checking out especially if you're getting a bit bored with your watch face scribblenauts remix is one of the most popular paid games on Android in its heyday and scribblenauts unlimited aims to continue that proud tradition it uses a lot of the same mechanics from the prior games such as allowing users to type words out and have those things actually appear at its core it's a creative puzzle gamer you must create things to solve puzzles it's a lot of fun and contains a ton of content microsoft apps is an application by microsoft that shows you other Microsoft apps this may seem a bit silly given that you can simply search for these applications but not everyone is as tech savvy as some of us which means there is a legitimate use for an application like this especially with Microsoft's unusually large app collection it's simple to use and adheres to most of the material design standards it's also totally free Zeptolab has released the latest version of cut the rope just in time for Christmas much like its predecessors it's totally free with no in-app purchases and again revolves around helping these small adorable little monster solve puzzles it borrows a lot of its mechanics and premise from prior titles in the series but it does include new elements such as transformations boss levels and over 100 levels thanks again for watching everybody but let's get down to some serious business this week's Android apps weekly show is sponsored by ES File Explorer pro this is one of androids oldest and most stable file managing applications and includes a ton of features including pretty much any file management feature that you could ask for along with cloud storage management app management remote file management archive management and tons of other types of management's it's all so wrapped up in material design recently the developers also released ES File Explorer pro which is exactly the same as ES file explorer in every way except you'll have expanded theming options no advertising and a promise from the developers to keep being awesome I bought this a day it came out long before they ever became a sponsored because I actually do like this application that much give the pro version to go for yourself and show your support for the android apps weekly show alright folks that about does it for this video don't forget to subscribe to our YouTube channel and don't forget that you got the awesome videos we have linked up for you right over there and in the video description below for you folks on mobile 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