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Get the Pixel 2's portrait mode on your first-gen Pixel phones, Nexus 6P, and Nexus 5X with this mod [APK Download]

Portrait mode became one of the most popular features for cameras in 2017. Apple's iPhone lineup, the Galaxy Note8, the OnePlus 5T, and even the Essential Phone have it in their camera apps. However, owners of older phones were left out of the fun. Luckily, serial Google Camera modder Charles Chow has created a modded Google Camera APK with portrait mode on board for the first-generation Pixel and Pixel XL, the Nexus 6P, and the Nexus 5X.

Get the Pixel 2's portrait mode on your first-gen Pixel phones, Nexus 6P, and Nexus 5X with this mod [APK Download] was written by the awesome team at Android Police.

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18 new and notable Android apps from the last two weeks (12/19/17 - 1/1/18)

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.

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18 new and notable Android apps from the last two weeks (12/19/17 - 1/1/18) was written by the awesome team at Android Police.

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Google's Korean keyboard passes 100 million installs on Play Store

Google offers a few language-specific keyboards, including ones for Hindi, Japanese, Korean, and Pinyin. The Korean keyboard, known simply as 'Google Korean Input' on the Play Store, has now passed 100 million installations.

Just like the standard Gboard, this includes features like swipe typing, voice input, and automatic text suggestions. There are also a few tweaks specifically for Korean users, like a single-vowel layout. If you speak Korean and you don't already have this for some reason, you can grab it from the Play Store at the link below.

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Prisma passes 50 million downloads on the Play Store

It may seem far in the past now, but the craze surrounding Prisma was extraordinary. It became available on the Play Store to everyone in late July 2016, around a year and four months ago. Now the photo-editing app has reached 50 million installs on the Play Store, which is no small feat.

In case you need a reminder, people loved Prisma because of how comprehensive its editing was. It could basically turn a picture into an expressionist painting, with different filters actually named after the artists that inspired them.

Prisma passes 50 million downloads on the Play Store was written by the awesome team at Android Police.

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HQ Trivia has arrived on Android

We hope that you’ve been brushing up on your trivia knowledge, because HQ Trivia is now available on Android. You can now download HQ Trivia from the Google Play Store. The app is compatible with devices running Android 5.1 and up. It is listed as “(Unreleased)”, suggesting that you may encounter some bugs while using it. HQ Trivia is a live trivia game show with real money prizes. There are shows every day at 9:00 pm EST and on weekdays at 3:00 pm PST. During the game, you’ll be tasked with answering 12 questions. Get one wrong and you’re eliminated from that game. If you manage to get all 12 correct, though, you’ll split a cash prize with everyone else who correctly answered all 12 questions. The amount of the cash prize varies with each game. HQ Trivia has become one of the hottest mobile apps around in recent months, regularly drawing in hundreds of thousands of players. Now all of us on Android can see what all of the fuss is about. Are you going to give HQ Trivia a try?

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HQ Trivia is now out on Android

A bit under a week ago, we reported that HQ Trivia was gearing up to hit Android as the company opened pre-registration. Now, with just a few hours to spare, players on both platforms can ring in the new year with a quick and potentially profitable round of games. HQ Trivia is now available for download on Android.

The app was previously available to download in Canada for a short period, but now even those of us in the US can get in on the action.

HQ Trivia is now out on Android was written by the awesome team at Android Police.

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HBO NOW passes 10 million installs on the Play Store

HBO NOW has been the top grossing entertainment app on Google Play for a little while now, but the app just reached another significant milestone. It's ringing in the new year by the numbers, having just hit 10,000,000 installs on the Play Store. That's a lot of downloads, with some big implications for the number of subscribers the service has, though it's impossible to know for sure.

HBO does actually report numbers for NOW subscribers occasionally, and in early 2017 the company announced that it had around 2 million, up about a million since March of 2016.

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SMS Backup & Restore changes hands again, sold by Carbonite to SyncTech

SMS Backup & Restore is a well-known app in these parts, especially among those of us that have to (or choose to) swap devices frequently. Just last year, the app was picked up by Carbonite, and with the purchase came a nice visual overhaul. But now it appears that Carbonite had decided to hand the app off of SyncTech, an Australian company.

For the unfamiliar, SMS Backup & Restore is true to its name, giving you the ability to both backup and restore SMS, MMS, and your call log.

SMS Backup & Restore changes hands again, sold by Carbonite to SyncTech was written by the awesome team at Android Police.

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