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hello again ladies and gentlemen I'm Joe handy the Android authority app guy and welcome back to another episode of Google Play weekly your first bit of news this week Microsoft is talking once again about allowing Android apps on Windows Phone this is a rumor that circulates pretty frequently so it's not a surprise that's popping up again now by allowing people to use Android apps Microsoft would effectively shore up Windows Phones biggest weakness which is app supports those married to the Android ecosystem would be able to stay there while still having access to Microsoft services and hardware it's an interesting idea and it'll be fun to see if it actually plays out this time Humble Bundle 10 is out now and you guys know how much I love a good Humble Bundle this time around you can pay whatever you want and get buddy and me line and doodle Kingdom if you beat the average which is three dollars and 92 cents at the time of the making of this video you'll also get sorcery to king of Dragon Pass and OTT DD along with more games coming soon it's a great way to pick up some games on the cheap and donate to charity and we'll have that link in the video description below if you're interested so Android owners who wants to watch the Super Bowl for free NBC has got you covered this year they'll be streaming and intense 11 hours of Super Bowl coverage including the Super Bowl the halftime show and an episode of the black list all totally free all you have to do is pick up the NBC Sports live extra app and start streaming we'll have a link to that in the video description below if you want to pick that up what's up had a busy week this week with a new release and some crack downs the first order of business was whatsapp releasing a desktop version for those who would want a desktop version it's a little screwy to get into because you have to use a QR code to sync everything but otherwise it seems to function fairly well then whatsapp turned around and sent a cease and desist letter to the developers of whatsapp Plus effectively destroying the app according to whatsapp the application they shut down had some questionable code but longtime fans of the app have defended it in any case it's gone now their last bit of news this week Google updated the rules for naming Android apps and it was a change that was much needed this is something that needed to happen for a long time Android apps use big keywords and their app titles to deliberately drive search traffic their way this is why we had so many terribly named applications like Android news or Android media player or Twitter easy connect in an effort to make application developers stand on their own two feet instead of cashing in on keyword searches they can no longer put the product brands or names at the front of their app name this is great news and I'm happy to hear it soon was to see some trending applications as usual if you want to check any of these applications out you can find the links in the video description below next lockscreen is a lock screen replacement application from Microsoft that received a huge update this last week the lock screen now has music player controls MMS support instant messaging support for Skype line and Google Hangouts and the usual array of bug fixes and performance improvements it's still totally free with no in-app purchases if you want to check it out cloud magic received a bit of an update this week that has had some mixed reactions they have started a new subscription service for $4.99 per month that users can get in on to access new features and functionality for now the feature list is pretty short for the developer says it will get longer as time goes also all of the features of the free version remain free but we still remain dubious about spending $60 a year on an email clients asana is a task management service that aims to help people stay organized you can organize tasks and assign tasks to people on a larger scale this last week they released a huge update to their android application it is now a native android app instead of html5 and it comes with material design just your controls and more features it's still not amazing but it's definitely a big step forward libreoffice viewer beta is a document viewing app that is now on android people have been clamoring for libreoffice on android for some time and this seems to be the first step to making that happen it is in beta and it is very rough so we recommend that you steer clear unless you want to help test aside from that it's nice to see LibreOffice on Android even in this limited form for right now last up this week is the Niantic labs app field trip it's essentially a guidebook that shows you interesting landmarks and tidbits about the city that you're in it received a big update this last week with more material design new content and the boilerplate bug fixes and performance improvements if you play ingress or you just like to explore you should definitely try this one out if you want to check out the latest news and reviews about Android apps and games head on over to android authority comm click on the little menu thingy and check out the applications section and if you want to join the discussion head on over to android a 30.com slash community set up an account and join us in the forums i we'll see you there once again i'm joe hindi the android authority app guy why are here why not subscribe to the android authority at 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 as always thanks for watching everybody see you next week and have a wonderful day