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hello again ladies and gentlemen I'm Joe Hindy the android authority app guy and welcome back to another episode of Android apps weekly okay folks let's jump right into some headlines first up Google now allows developers from 12 new countries to sell Android apps in the Google Play Store most of those countries are in South and Central America along with a few others pebble smartwatches have gained the ability to use Android wear apps and notifications this makes them a great alternative to Android wear devices and even better if you already own one Chris Cox chief product officer at Facebook has announced the company has officially begun working on applications for VR we have no idea what they'll be or what they'll do but it's interesting nevertheless Google helpouts released an announcement earlier this week that says they will be shutting down on April twentieth 2015 this came to the surprise of no one because no one really used the platform xposed framework is officially out for lollipop and root users can officially rejoice however it is an early build and there are some pretty serious bugs so the inexperience should probably wait a little bit until it gets more stable for more headlines app updates and a police news don't forget to subscribe to our newsletter I curate it myself every single week and will never send you any spam or ridiculousness just app news app releases and updates straight your email every Friday now let's take a look at the apps that made a big splash this last week VLC media player is releasing an update soon to version 3.1 with it will come some big changes the biggest of which will be chromecast support that means very soon chromecast users will have a very powerful media player in their arsenal the update isn't out yet but it should be coming sometime soon Monkey King escape is a new infinite runner out of Ubisoft that features some colorful graphics fun cartoons and of course the always addictive infinite runner style it's fairly run-of-the-mill when compared to others but it's still a great game for kids and adults who love animals pushbullet received a huge update this last week now on top of text messages you can also respond to facebook messenger whatsapp and Google Hangouts messages on your computer this is the update that a lot of people have been waiting for and it really helps augment an already strong set of features from pushbullet draw slasher was a popular game on the PS vita console last week its salt an official Android release it's an action-adventure hack and slash game where you swipe the screen to slash up the bad guys it's a paid game but there are no in-app purchases which is quite refreshing do button by ifttt is a new application from the same great minds that brought us you guessed it ifttt this allows you to create a button that does pretty much whatever you want it to do when you press it simply create a recipe and then whenever you tap the button your device will do the things you want it to do it's also totally free once again I'm Joe Hindy the android authority app guy wire 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 and also don't forget to subscribe to the newsletter as always thanks for watching everybody and have a wonderful day