Feedly is one of the best RSS readers around, with support for cloud syncing, filters, and much more. The mobile apps received a nice redesign at the end of last year, and now Feedly has focused its attention on the web application.
The new web interface takes inspiration from the new mobile apps,...
Skype introduces new draft, bookmarks, and media preview features on mobile and desktop
Skype used to be the go-to messaging app several years ago until it got gradually dethroned by competitors like WhatsApp and Messenger. However, Microsoft has been working on making its software more appealing lately, thanks to new features such as SMS messaging and screen sharing. The company...
14 new and notable Android apps from the last two weeks including SHAREit Lite, SpotWidget, and Magic: The Gathering Companion (8/17/19 - 8/31/19)
Welcome to the roundup of the best new Android applications that went live in the Play Store or were spotted by us in the previous two weeks or so. Today I have a new peer-to-peer file-sharing app, a new widget for Spotify, and a companion app for the physical card game Magic: The Gathering. So without...
How to reset your 'direct share' targets on Android after Messages hijacks them
Sharing on Android has seen its ups and downs. Once one of the most powerful features of the platform, it became sluggish, inconsistent, and riddled with issues. Android Q was supposed to fix the speed problem, and even if it did (which I honestly can't tell anymore), it implemented a few other unwanted...
37 temporarily free and 49 on-sale apps and games for the Labor Day weekend
August is just about done, it's a holiday weekend here in the US, and I have a big list of app sales to celebrate. There are some goodies here, like the Reigns games, so have at it, have fun, and have an excellent weekend.
Matt will be taking over the app sales roundups next week while I move (again)...
Committed to a safer Google Play for Families
Posted by Kanika Sachdeva, Product Manager, Google Play
In May, we launched new Families policies to provide additional protections for children and families on Google Play. As part of this policy change, we’re requiring all developers to provide information on their app’s target audience and content...
Amazon Music adds gapless playback and loudness normalization to its Android app
Even though we mostly write about Spotify, YouTube Music, and Google Play Music around here, we mustn't forget that Amazon Music also exists. The retail giant sets itself apart from the pack by including a limited selection of content for Prime subscribers, all while also offering a fully-fledged...
Stranger Things 3: The Game has finally arrived on Android
For those that haven't been following closely, Stranger Things 3 The Game was released on consoles and PC back in July. The title serves duty as a sequel for Stranger Things: The Game, a mobile release that was offered for free and played a heck of a lot like a classic action-RPG. It was one of our...
Dark mode and bottom navigation come to the BitTorrent Android app
BitTorrent has been the go-to distribution platform for file sharing long before Android even existed. The company based in San Francisco first published its app to Google's platform back in 2012, and has since improved and iterated on it. With Android 10's upcoming dark theme and the app's age starting...
[Update: Beta live in 5 cities] Minecraft Earth now available on the Play Store for pre-registration, new beta wave coming next week
Update 1: 2019/08/30 6:27am PDT
Minecraft Earth beta live in five cities for Android
In July the first closed beta for Minecraft Earth was released to select residents in London, Seattle, Stockholm, and Tokyo. Today Mojang's augmented reality version of Minecraft has finally arrived on the...
CamScanner fell victim to rogue ad network, hopes to be back in the Play Store soon
CamScanner recently had to leave the Play Store after security researchers found that it distributed malware between June and July this year. Today, its developer released a statement saying that it fell victim to an advertisement SDK provided by AdHub that loaded the malicious module into its product....
Play Store bug bounty program expands to all apps with 100 million+ downloads
Google has a plethora of bug bounty programs that help it stay on top of black hat hackers. To keep incentives high, the company is constantly tweaking these programs' general frameworks and has recently increased Chrome's vulnerability rewards. Today, Google announced an expansion of its bug bounty...
Expanding bug bounties on Google Play
Posted by Adam Bacchus, Sebastian Porst, and Patrick Mutchler — Android Security & Privacy
We’re constantly looking for ways to further improve the security and privacy of our products, and the ecosystems they support. At Google, we understand the strength of open platforms and ecosystems, and...
[Update: Coming Sept. 30] League of Wonderland is a new strategy battle game from Sega, and it's available for pre-registration
Update 1: 2019/08/29 8:24am PDT
Sega announces release date for League of Wonderland
League of Wonderland is a strategy game themed around fairy tales, historical figures, and popular myths to create an ensemble cast where players use hero cards to defeat their opponent's tower within a 2-minute...
Pokémon Masters has landed on Android, filled with loot boxes and IAPs
Pokémon Masters has arrived, and while the release was slightly unexpected, the date falls in line with the previously announced summer-release window. Of course, this isn't a mainline Pokémon game, since it comes from DeNA, the same company behind Nintendo's Fire Emblem Heroes and Animal Crossing:...
Telltale Games revived, will start re-publishing old games and working on new titles soon
Telltale Games was a widely successful studio, but in the midst of bad management decisions, it had to close its doors in September last year, taking down many of its critically acclaimed games along the way. It looks like the dead don't die, though. Alongside a relaunch of Telltale Games' website,...
Cryptographic key used to sign one of Facebook's Android apps compromised
The security of Android app updates hinges on the secrecy of a given app's signing key. It's how app updates are verified as secure, and if it falls into the wrong hands, false updates could be distributed containing nefarious changes. As a result, developers usually guard signing keys quite closely,...
Plex partners with Warner Bros. to stream TV and movies
Plex made its name by helping people organize and stream their media libraries, which may or may not have included pirated material. Plex also has a handful of streaming channels, but the new agreement is the biggest one yet. Plex has teamed up with Warner Bros. to stream free content to US-based...
Facebook Messenger reportedly working on a screen sharing feature, Duo users waiting in despair
Screen sharing is very popular in conference calls, as everybody can look at the same presentation at once. Although less common, there are times when you'd like to do the same in a private setting, whether it's to help with an issue, show your friends what you're about to buy, or even watch content...
Gmail finally adds that smooth swipe gesture for switching accounts [APK Download]
Miracles do happen, folks. Over the past couple of weeks, we've seen Google Maps, then Drive and Contacts add that nifty account switching gesture, and all we've wanted was for it to make its way to Gmail. That's where most of us often move between inboxes and accounts, many times a day. However,...
16 temporarily free and 22 on-sale apps and games for Wednesday
The final week of August is already half over, so here's a short list of app sales. Be sure to pop by on Monday's in case you missed it.
Free
Apps
iCamera - Best Selfie & Panorama Camera HD $2.99 -> Free; Sale ends in 4 days
Calmly Writing Notepad Pro $1.49 -> Free; Sale ends in 5 days
Mydolist:...
Google abruptly decides to shelve Hire recruiting tool
After only offering Hire for a bit more than two years and launching a dedicated Android app about a year ago, Google has decided to sunset its recruitment tool. The paid service allows smaller US companies to easily post job offers with automatic Calendar, Sheets, and Gmail integration, making it...
[Update: Official] Microsoft is reportedly working on a dark mode for Outlook
Update 1: 2019/08/28 9:53am PDT
As part of its Office interface redesign, Microsoft has officialized a new dark mode for its messaging app. The latter is available starting today and can be automatically turned on
Dark modes are quite popular these days, both thanks to their eye-pleasing appearance...
Duolingo adds support for linguam Latinam
Whether you're curious about the Roman Empire, want to master new romance tongues, or are simply keen to discover a new one, Latin can be an interesting choice. Unfortunately, learning an an extinct language isn't always easy, mostly because there are few people to practice with, but also due to the...
YouTube Kids introduces content filter for preschoolers, will launch on the web this week
When it first launched, YouTube Kids had a one size fits all approach for all kids. But since children are interested in different things as they grow up, the service introduced separate content levels last year: Younger (ages 8 and below) and Older (8-12). Now, it's adding a third level specifically...
The Google app's new Interests section replaces Customize Discover
If you own an Android phone running a largely stock experience or use a launcher that mimics it, the chances are you have the Google Discover feed to the left of your home screen. The artist formally known as Google Now/Feed is now just a selection of articles (and, more recently, ads) from around...
CamScanner booted from Play Store after discovery of malicious code
After CamScanner introduced intrusive, unskippable full-screen advertisements to its free PDF scanner back in April, it now finds itself in the middle of another controversy. This time, it might mean the end to its life on the Play Store altogether. Kaspersky security researchers found evidence of...
Apple Music beta adds Chromecast support and 100,000 radio stations
Earlier this month, Apple Music received a beta update that added a new dark mode and synchronized lyrics with the music. While that did cross off two of the most wanted features in the app, there was still one request that Apple hadn't yet answered: Chromecast support. Now, nearly four years after...
[Update: Emoji button] Google Messages tests convenient microphone button for voice messages
Update 1: 2019/08/28 2:34am PDT
The microphone button isn't the only change surfacing in the compose box. A tipster using version 4.8.056 of Messages reports seeing an emoji icon to the left of the send
With Allo shuttered, Google has decided to focus its messaging efforts on Messages and...
Pokémon Go update breaks 90Hz/120Hz support on OnePlus 7 Pro and other phones
Phones with high refresh rate displays (90Hz, 120Hz, etc.) are still relatively uncommon, but phone makers have been working with developers to make sure the screens are taken full advantage of in popular games. Pokémon Go is one title that works at high refresh rates, enabling silky-smooth gameplay......
Google Maps mixing rideshare, bikeshare, and scooter options into transit direction suggestions
Everyone deserves the freedom of mobility, no matter if they own their devices — feet, bike, car, pogo stick — or not. Fortunately for people planning out journeys via public transportation or vehicleshare services, Google Maps has been picking those methods up one by one by one to offer a better...
Verizon will begin rolling out automatic spam call filtering today
No one in the world likes spam phone calls—it's probably the only thing on which everyone can agree. The FCC recently allowed carriers to block these calls by default, and Verizon says it's moving full-steam ahead to take advantage of that. Starting today, it will begin auto-enrolling customers in...
Men in Black: Global Invasion is the latest Pokémon GO clone on the Play Store
Men in Black: Global Invasion is an augmented reality location-based game where you're tasked with collecting characters that can be used to build a superteam to take on the game's turn-based battles. Much like Ghostbusters World, Jurassic World Alive, The Walking Dead: Our World, and Harry Potter:...
Mario Kart Tour is available on the Play Store for pre-registration, official release September 25
It looks like Nintendo wasn't able to keep its promise that Mario Kart Tour would come to Android before the end of the summer, but only by a hair. Nintendo recently announced that Mario Kart Tour will be available on the Play Store on September 25th, two days after the end of summer. It would also...
Amazon's IMDb TV streaming service is now accessible through the Android app
Earlier this year, Amazon-owned IMDb launched a new streaming service that was (for some reason) called Freedive originally. It's since had its name changed to the more practical IMDb TV, and as of today, it's available as part of the pre-existing IMDb mobile app.
An update to the Android (and iOS,...
YouTube for Android TV gets a light makeover with expanded menu options
The current YouTube app for the big screen — the same one you see on Android TV, Fire TV, other smart TVs, video game consoles, and so on — has a pretty simple interface with just four main menu items (Search, Home, Subscriptions, and Library). A makeover is on the way, however, that will see the...
Google Contacts 3.8.3 adds swipe gesture for switching accounts [APK Download]
One after the other, Google's apps are adding a new gesture to speed up switching between accounts. Maps was the first, a week later Drive followed it, and now Contacts is the third app to do so.
V3.8.3 of Contacts implements the new gesture. You simply swipe up or down on your avatar picture in...
Google Chrome for Android might get a long-press menu on the tab switcher button
Google is constantly A/B testing a plethora of changes in its products, and the company's Chrome browser is one of its biggest testing grounds. We've only recently compiled a list of experimental features tucked away behind flags or simply hidden from users. Soon, another might join this club, as...
28 temporarily free and 47 on-sale apps and games for Monday
August is starting to wrap up, but for us, it's just another day for app sales. Today's list is long, but it doesn't include anything notable, but why not browse through anyway? It won't take you long.
Free
Apps
Volleyball Rotations $0.99 -> Free; Sale ends in 3 days
Cosmic Browser: Fast, Safe,...
