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17 temporarily free and 45 on-sale apps and games for Wednesday

Don't miss out on the sales for Dead Cells, Spirit, and Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition

Welcome to Wednesday, everyone. Today, we have a solid list of sales with more than a few standouts, not to mention a couple of titles worth highlighting. First up is the sale for Dead Cells, a fantastic roguelike platformer that just received a new DLC pack yesterday. Next up is Spirit, an older yet still-updated arcade game that's easily worth the current asking price. And last but not least is Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition, which goes on sale often but is still one of the best CRPGs out there.

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Google restores long-lost Maps feature due to popular demand

Google found its missing compass, it was in the back pocket this whole time

Yesterday Google highlighted several great new features coming to Maps, but the company left one little detail out of its announcement: The compass is back. The classic orienteering widget is back by popular demand, and it's about as reliable as ever.

The compass was a fairly obvious feature for a mapping application, but due to reliability issues, its usefulness was also fairly questionable. The Maps team experimented with removing the compass in January 2019 for some users before taking it out entirely about two months later.

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Samsung TV Plus is now available in India

More expansions are planned for 2021

Samsung is responsible for some of the most popular Android phones in the world, but the company has plenty of other ventures up its corporate sleeves as well. Samsung brought its TV Plus service to select Galaxy phones a few months back, and it's announcing expanded availability that includes two new countries now with more on the way next year.

With the new addition of Australia and Brazil, Samsung TV Plus is now accessible in a total of 12 areas including the US, Canada, UK, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Spain, Italy, Thailand, and Korea.

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Google will offer free, unlimited Meet video calls a bit longer

24-hour limit for all users extended to June 2021

There's light at the end of the tunnel for millions of employees forced to work from home, and Google is here for them ... or at least wants to keep Google Meet relevant in the meantime. Previously Google made its Meet video chat platform free and unlimited through March of this year, eschewing the 30-minute limit on free accounts. Now that freebie period has been extended until June 2021.

Technically there's still a time limit on Google Meet calls: 24 hours, though I wouldn't wish a literal day-long teleconference meeting on my worst enemy.

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Google will offer free, unlimited Meet video calls a bit longer was written by the awesome team at Android Police.


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All the free games included with Stadia Pro

Resident Evil 7, SpongeBob SquarePants, and more

Stadia's $10-a-month premium subscription, Stadia Pro, includes access to an ever-expanding catalog of games at no additional cost. The selection of redeemable games varies — Google adds a few each month, and sometimes removes some. Here, for your convenience, we've compiled a handy list of all the games you can claim right now.

Click any linked game title to open it in Stadia on desktop or mobile.

New games for April 2021

  • Games coming to Pro in April:
    • Resident Evil 7 Biohazard Gold Edition
    • SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom Rehydrated
    • Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana
    • Pikuniku

Hitman - Free Starter Pack was made available for all users on March 30.

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YouTube tests hiding dislike counts, since everyone out there's awful

In an effort to prevent targeted harassment

YouTube is no stranger to experimenting with new features, regardless of whether a proposed update is popular with its users. Its latest test is bound to draw in some negative attention, with major changes in the works for video ratings. In the coming weeks, YouTube will begin experimenting with hiding public dislike counts from view to help prevent harassment campaigns targeted towards creators.

As detailed on the company's support site, the new dislike icon would replace the total number of downvotes with a generic "Dislike" label, while the like button would remain unchanged.

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YouTube tests hiding dislike counts, since everyone out there's awful was written by the awesome team at Android Police.


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Spotify's latest purchase hints at Twitch-style live concerts

Live audio chat app Locker Room is currently an iOS exclusive

Spotify has been aggressively expanding into the podcasting space to diversify its offerings. It appears that the company has found a new frontier for its ambitions: live streaming audio. Spotify just purchased Betty Labs, the parent company of iOS app Locker Room, which is all about live audio chat rooms for sports fans.

Why? According to Spotify's press release, it wants to "evolve and expand Locker Room into an enhanced live audio experience for a wider range of creators and fans."

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Hands-on with Rocket League Sideswipe, a bite-sized edition that's perfect for on-the-go play

No kidding, the game is really good

Last week Psyonix announced Rocket League Sideswipe, an upcoming mobile adaptation of the wildly popular competitive car-based soccer game. It's currently available as a limited alpha in Australia and New Zealand, but I've managed to get my hands on a working install, and so I've taken the game for a spin to report on my findings.

Getting started

A brief tutorial it is, thankfully

The onboarding for Rocket League Sideswipe is extremely short, which is nice to see.

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11 of the best and most useful Android widgets you can get

Make your homescreen more than just an app launcher

Not too long ago, Apple introduced homescreen widgets on iOS. Naturally, this leads to a renewed interest in the form factor across all platforms, including Android. And since Android app developers have had a lot more time to perfect their homescreen widgets, it's no wonder that there are many polished homescreen decorations out there. Here are a few of our favorite ones.

If you're yet to dip your toes into the widget waters, you can up your current selection by long-pressing on a blank area of the home screen, then choosing Widgets from the menu that pops up.

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11 of the best and most useful Android widgets you can get was written by the awesome team at Android Police.


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Google's Area 120 made a slick document scanner app

Stack automatically organizes your receipts and saves them in Google Drive

Area 120 is a Google team that focuses on small, experimental applications. Its latest release is its most practical yet: Stack, a document scanner and organizer that automatically grabs details via optical character recognition. It's available in the Play Store now, though it might not be accessible from all regions.

Stack is more or less the same as other document scanner apps, but with an extra dose of Google. Scanned documents are automatically backed up to Google Drive, and the company's excellent OCR is put to use quickly finding the essential details of each document, like "total amount due."

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Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts expansion is coming to Android next month

Arriving April 13th for $4

Feral Interactive has just announced that it will bring the Opposing Fronts expansion to the mobile version of Company of Heroes next year. This expansion is expected to arrive on Android (and iOS) in early 2021, and seeing that the studio brought Company of Heroes to Android back in September, it makes sense that the game's expansions have been spaced out, which is how Feral has handled many of the previous expansion for its other ports.

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Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts expansion is coming to Android next month was written by the awesome team at Android Police.


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Niantic reveals its Pikmin App has entered into regional testing

Select users in Singapore can now test the app

Niantic has announced that it's partnered further with Nintendo to bring more augmented reality titles to mobile. The first game to come from this extended partnership is going to be themed around Nintendo's adorable Pikmin franchise, and it's expected to arrive later this year. This will be the first game from Niantic's Tokyo Studio, and more titles are planned for the future.

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Niantic reveals its Pikmin App has entered into regional testing was written by the awesome team at Android Police.


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Dead Cells updated with new DLC, main title discounted 50% in celebration

The Bad Seed DLC comes to Android, bringing fresh content to the popular roguelike

Dead Cells is one of the few mainstays across all of my Android devices. It's easily one of the best platformers on mobile, but better than that, the developer is active, and so The Bad Seed DLC has made its way to Android as of this morning. You can pick up this DLC for $3.99, which basically serves as an expansion to the core game. Best of all, the main title is on sale today for half off in celebration of The Bad Seed's release, so if you've yet to snag a copy of Dead Cells on Android, you have until April 6th to pick it for $4.99.

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Dead Cells updated with new DLC, main title discounted 50% in celebration was written by the awesome team at Android Police.


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Google Maps is getting a ton of new features — here's what to expect and when

Indoor Live View AR navigation, weather and air quality layers, grocery pickup integration, eco routing, and more

Google Maps is easily one of the company's most successful products. The era of using a paper guide or linear follow-them-or-get-lost MapQuest directions is long over. And though some competing services like Apple Maps might be prettier, Google Maps is king when it comes to functionality, tools, and services integrations. But the best-of-the-best is getting better this summer, and Google is rolling out a handful of new tools and tweaks, like indoor AR navigation, weather and air quality information, grocery pickup integration, and tweaks to reduce your dead-dinosaur-burning car's carbon footprint.

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Google Maps is getting a ton of new features — here's what to expect and when was written by the awesome team at Android Police.


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Google's Action Blocks update lets you move your Assistant widgets between phones

Handy if you're moving to a new device

Action Blocks is a small, interesting tool to help build some manual controls for Google Assistant functions. If you've been making heavy use of it for the last few months, we have good news: your created actions and other data now back up to Google Drive, along with the other data on your phone. The change was announced in the latest app update, and appears to be active now.

Action Blocks is a pretty spare application—basically just a wrapper around some pre-defined Assistant routine widgets.

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26 temporarily free and 61 on-sale apps and games for Monday

Don't miss out on the sales for Limbo, Bridge Constructor Portal, and Thimbleweed Park

Welcome to Monday, everyone. It would appear that the weekend was packed with sales, and so I have plenty of deals to share today, along with a few standouts. First up is Limbo, one of the best platformers on the platform. Next, I have Bridge Constructor Portal, the best Bridge Constructor game in the series. Last but not least is Thimbleweed Park, a fantastic point-and-click adventure game. As always, I've highlighted all of the interesting titles in bold green text in order to make discovery easier.

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26 temporarily free and 61 on-sale apps and games for Monday was written by the awesome team at Android Police.


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Google Files reaches 1 billion Play Store installs surprisingly quickly

Doubling from 500M in less than a year

Even though Android is the most popular smartphone OS globally — on more than two billion active devices — not many apps join the exclusive 1-billion-downloads club. Among those that make it, Google is unsurprisingly the most popular developer. Its latest app to pass this milestone is Files by Google.

The app hit 500M installs in May last year — that feat took only about two-and-a-half years — but it has somehow managed to double this number in less than a year.

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Lawnchair 11 is here, rebuilt from the ground up (APK Download)

Alpha 1 has only been tested to work with Android 11, so proceed with caution

For Android users looking to get a Pixel-like experience on their phones, the Lawnchair launcher is an easy way to do so. While development had stagnated, the new team at the helm has put its shoulder to the wheel and given us the first build of Lawnchair 11.

This is still an alpha build, and the experience is pretty barebones, but the launcher works. Key features like the At a Glance widget, dock search bar, icon pack support, and swipe down for notifications are all present.

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Hands-on with League of Legends: Wild Rift, possibly the best MOBA on mobile

Gameplay video included, two full matches

The build-up to the US open beta for League of Legends: Wild Rift has been a long one, but now that this beta is almost here, I've taken it for a spin ahead of time to report on my findings. Below I've detailed all of the critical bits, things like performance, controls, and monetization, and I've even taken the time to record a 48-minute gameplay video so that everybody can see exactly what this open beta will have to offer when it's released on Monday.

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Google Photos adds 'In the spotlight' memory for shows and concerts

In case you haven't seen one in a while

Google continues to expand its auto-generated Memories section in Photos at a breakneck pace. Just last week the "Cheers!" section started appearing for more people, and now "In the spotlight" is also showing up, auto-populating with collections of your existing images.

"In the spotlight" seems to be automatically detecting all kinds of stages and crowds, filling with musical performances, plays, and even some more flashy presentations. Between this and the bar-focused Cheers!,

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Google Photos adds 'In the spotlight' memory for shows and concerts was written by the awesome team at Android Police.


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12 new (and 1 WTF) Android games from the last week: The best, worst, and everything in between (3/22/21 - 3/28/21)

Final Fantasy VIII Remastered, Racing Master, Crash Bandicoot: On the Run, plus more

Welcome to the roundup of the best new Android games that went live in the Play Store or were spotted by us in the previous week or so. Today's list is broken up into several segments, ranging from best, average, to mediocre. So whether you're looking for the best games of quality or are simply looking for the latest free-to-play gacha titles, you're covered. This week I have the long-awaited arrival of Final Fantasy VIII, a solid arcade racing game that's currently in open beta, and a Crash bandicoot auto-runner. So

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12 new (and 1 WTF) Android games from the last week: The best, worst, and everything in between (3/22/21 - 3/28/21) was written by the awesome team at Android Police.


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Google Pay adds 22 more banks in the US

Closing in on 3,000 total

Google's newest version of Pay takes the focus off of NFC transactions, but being able to cash out with your phone at the grocery store is still the best part of the app. If you've been waiting for your bank to add support for Google Pay, you might want to look again — 22 additional financial institutions have been added since earlier this month.

That brings the total number of partners less than 100 away from hitting the 3,000-bank milestone.

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These are the coolest neobanks and fintech startups from across the pond

Something for Simple users to look forward to

Simple is shutting down, and there aren't really any great alternatives out there in the US. But what about the other side of the pond? Europe is a hub for financial technology (fintech) startups and some of the innovative new banks are looking to expand their business to the US (some already have). So let's run through what's available in Europe and see what you could soon have access to in the States.

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20 of the best free-to-play Android games available in 2021

A hand-picked selection of F2P mobile games that are actually worth playing

Mobile games are often considered bottom-of-the-barrel, thanks to so many greedy free-to-play titles that have taken advantage of their customers over the years. But this doesn't mean there aren't any quality F2P titles out there. You just have to dig a bit, which is exactly what I've done in order to elevate some of the better options out there. Below you'll find a running list of quality free-to-play games, newly updated for 2021, with a changelog at the bottom of the page.

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18 temporarily free and 40 on-sale apps and games for Friday

Don't miss out on the sales for Final Fantasy VIII Remastered, Muse Dash, and Titan Quest: Legendary Edition

Welcome to Friday, everyone. It's almost the weekend, and so it's time to check out the latest app and game sales on the Play store. I certainly have a few standouts today, starting with the new release for Final Fantasy VIII Remastered, which is on sale until April 4th. The next standout is Muse Dash, an enjoyable rhythm game. Last but not least is Titan Quest: Legendary Edition, which is a great action RPG, though the Android version is still a little buggy.

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Google Play's updated apps notification setting is broken for many

The toggle doesn't seem to work at all on Pixel phones

When Google removed the ability for the Play Store to notify users of app updates, people were understandably miffed. This even led to a third-party solution being developed, before Google eventually saw sense and brought it back as an optional setting (albeit off by default). This functionality appears to be broken now on various Android phones.

As spotted by our very own Artem Russakovski, if you try to turn app notifications on for a Pixel phone, you simply get stuck.

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Google Photos now telling users what those buttons in the media viewer mean

So those slider things... that's an editor?

Ever press a button without knowing what it exactly does? Maybe some of the icons aren't exactly self-explanatory. Google Photos has had a few of those for a while. Well, the cavalry's just come in and they're bringing in labels.

The share, edit, Google Lens, and delete buttons get labeled

Our team has spotted the change across relatively new Pixels and OnePlus phones on v5.34 of the Photos app. We suspect the labels will be visible on devices outside of those brands, too.

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Hulu's annoying 720p cap for Android TV is finally getting lifted

First signs seen on 2019 Nvidia Shield boxes

Hulu streams 4K content to Apple TV, Fire TV, and Chromecast Ultra owners, but it has never raised the resolution cap beyond 720p for most with Android TV. Some reports, however, indicate that things may be taking a step up for the forlorn platform.

Hulu's support pages don't exactly make it clear that most if not all Android TVs up to this point have only been able to stream its content at 720p.

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Google Photos raises a glass in the new Cheers! memory collection

The bar and drink-focused section is now appearing for more users

Towards the end of 2019, Google Photos started to offer AI-curated memory collections that can be made into photo books. Since the feature was introduced, Google has expanded it beyond simple dates to include types of events or objects. Now we've spotted a few more memory scenarios that focus on dancing, nature, and the best of winter.

The "bust a move" story gathers photos and videos of people dancing, so expect to see plenty of embarrassing dad moves from family weddings.

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Google Photos raises a glass in the new Cheers! memory collection was written by the awesome team at Android Police.


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Final Fantasy VIII Remastered is finally available on Android

It sure took its time

In 2016 Square Enix released Final Fantasy VII and IX on Android, but VIII was still missing from the collection, a point of contention with fans over the last few years. Well, out of nowhere, Square has just released Final Fantasy VIII Remastered on the Play Store, and it's on sale for $16.99 until April 4th, which is when the price of the JRPG will jump up to $20.99.

Above, you can watch the trailer for Final Fantasy VIII Remastered, and as you can see, this is the same as the remaster on PC, offering renewed character graphics as well as new features like a battle assist and a 3x speed boost to alleviate some of the grind.

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SaGa Frontier Remastered is now available for pre-registration

The SaGa collection on Android will soon be growing

Square Enix recently revealed that the classic PS1-era RPG SaGa Frontier is coming to a plethora of platforms as a remaster in the summer of 2021. The game is slated for a release on Android, as well as the PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Steam, and iOS, and that's about all of the information Square currently has to offer. Luckily the developer has released an announcement trailer, and so far, things are looking pretty good.

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Gboard's glorious Emoji Kitchen combos now support Unicode 13.1 (APK Download)

Prepare for even more emoji fun

Emoji Kitchen is one of the funnest things to make its way into Gboard in years, and Google is constantly working on improving the emoji mix-and-match feature. In its latest iteration, we finally get support for the newest emoji that were introduced as part of Unicode 13.1.

The announcement comes courtesy of Unicode Emoji Subcommittee Chair Jennifer Daniel, who shared on Twitter that the new emoji combinations are live in the current Gboard Beta.

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Assistant Memory looks like it's about to pick up some great new ways to keep track of stuff

Keeping track of everything from photos to reservations

Google Assistant has been able to "remember" things on your behalf for years now, with voice memos saved across any supported device. It's one of the most valuable tools any voice assistant can offer, and Google's looking to make it a lot more powerful. A whole new visual layout for Assistant Memory is now in testing, designed to improve how reminders work on your phone.

Google's new and improved Memory feature combines its already-existing reminder function with something akin to a full-blown notes app, according to an APK teardown from 9to5Google.

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Prepare your deck — Magic: The Gathering Arena for Android now leaving early access

These planes were made for walking

The latest version of the decades-old card battle game Magic: The Gathering has been in testing for a few months, with an early access open for at least some countries. Now that's over, and MTG: Arena should be available in many more regions on the Google Play Store. Go get your spells on.

Pocket Gamer reports that MTG: Arena is available in Europe today, with a rollout for other countries planned for tomorrow.

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Crash Bandicoot: On the Run is available on Android a day early

And it's filled with in-app purchases

It would appear that two Crash Bandicoot fans (Jump Button and Motwera) have uncovered an upcoming mobile Crash Bandicoot game through a Facebook search. Currently, there is a survey available for the supposed Crash Bandicoot Mobile title on StoreMaven (a mobile growth website) that mentions the game isn't available yet while simultaneously asking for input to improve the game's development.

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Disney+ is getting more expensive on Friday

But only by a dollar

Disney+ has now gobbled up an impressive 137 million subscribers around the world. Considering that Netflix has a little over 200 million, and it's been at this game for more than a decade, it's fair to call Disney's streaming service an incredible success. But pretty soon it's going to cost a little more to get your weekly hit of Marvel, Star Wars, Disney princesses, yadda yadda.

Starting on Friday, March 26th, Disney+ will raise its monthly subscription price in the US from $6.99 to $7.99.

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Rocket League is coming to Android later this year — just not the version you want

It's called Rocket League Sideswipe, and you'll play on a 2D plane

Psyonix has just announced that it will be bringing Rocket League to mobile, but it won't come as the core game but instead an offshoot made specifically for mobile that plays on a 2D plane. This title is known as Rocket League Sideswipe, and the graphics are 3D, though the gameplay will see you race from one side of a 2D screen to the other in order to make or block goals, much like a platformer.

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Samsung updates Good Lock module Pentastic with new Air Command customization for your S Pen

Jazz up your S-Pen experience

Pentastic is one of the newer Good Lock modules, allowing users to customize their S-Pen experience. The latest update adds some custom backgrounds to Air Command, as well as brightness and blur control. After opening Pentastic, tap the style of Air Command you wish to use. Doing so will open up the editor, where you can upload an image that will serve as a background whenever you access Air Command.

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Codemasters and NetEase will launch the first open beta for Racing Master tonight

Only a few more hours to go

A NetEase developer known as Dahua Studios has just announced that it's working on an upcoming racing game for mobile in conjunction with Codemasters, and it will enter into open beta this month. The game is called Racing Master. It's a real-time simulation racer that's utilizing the Unreal 4 engine as well as some proprietary Codemasters tech, who just so happens to be a developer with a slew of famous racers under its belt, such as DiRT, GRID, and F1.

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Popular meditation app Balance jumps from iOS to Android

Trying out the guided meditation sessions is free, but eventually you'll have to pay up

What with a billion or so people spending almost all of their time at home over the last year, it's no surprise that there's been a boom in the practice of medication. Popular guidance app Balance has been exclusive to iOS since 2019, but that exclusivity ends today. A beta version of the app and paid service is now available on the Play Store.

Balance comes from Elevate Labs, and it's considered a competitor to Calm.

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12 temporarily free and 42 on-sale apps and games for Wednesday

Don't miss out on the sales for Samorost 3, Star Traders: Frontiers, and Dragon Quest III

Welcome to Wednesday, everyone. Even though the middle of the week tends to be slow when it comes to sales, I have a handful of noteworthy titles today, including a few standouts. First up is Samorost 3, a gorgeous adventure game from Amanita Design. Next, I have Star Traders: Frontiers, a quality roguelike RPG from the Trese Brothers. Last but not least is Dragon Quest III, which is one of the better JRPG ports from Square Enix.

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Google’s search tools can help with your homework

Focused on STEM

Google has become invaluable to students and teachers, especially with remote learning becoming a necessity all around the world. Despite some of their shortcomings, the company's tools are generally incredibly helpful, and now, Google has highlighted a few more education-focused features in its core product Search.

Google has added over 2000 STEM (Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) concepts to its results, giving you easy and fast access to educational overviews of topics such as "chemical bonds."

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Google’s search tools can help with your homework was written by the awesome team at Android Police.


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