Square Enix announces Dragon Quest Walk, an AR game that's totally not a Pokémon GO rip-off

Square Enix recently announced a new Dragon Quest game for mobile that's being developed by colopl. It's called Dragon Quest Walk, and it's an augmented reality title that clearly apes the gameplay of Pokémon GO. A closed beta will take place on the 11th of June for Android and iOS users that live in Japan, and it's still unknown if the title will ever make its way to the West.

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Angry Birds hops on the AR bandwagon with new mini-game collection

It has been ten years since Rovio released the original Angry Birds on iOS, and in celebration of this anniversary as well as the upcoming release of The Angry Birds Movie 2 (August 14th), it would appear that the developer is eager to launch a new mobile game that ties into its licensed products. Angry Birds Explore offers just that as an augmented reality mini-game collection that contains many of the characters from The Angry Birds Movie 2.

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24 best new Android games released this week including Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap, Warhammer: Chaos & Conquest, and Warriors of Waterdeep

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 I have a fantastic HD update to a classic 2D platformer, a Game of War clone with a Warhammer skin, and a new turn-based RPG themed around the world of Dungeons & Dragons. So without further ado, here are the most notable games released this week.

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20 more Android apps with a dark mode that are easy on the eyes

We know how much y'all like dark themes, whether it's because they match the color of your heart, are easier on the eyes, save some battery life on your phone's AMOLED display, or simply look nice. About a year ago, we put together a list of thirty apps featuring a dark, but given Android Q will natively support that feature, we wanted to share some more apps that match its dim style.

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37 new and notable Wear OS watch faces from the last three months (3/16/19 - 6/01/19)

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Telegram 5.7 further enhances privacy, improves group and channel features, and more

To get June started off right, Telegram just released v5.7 for Android. The main focus continues to be on privacy and improving those elements, but there's more, too. This update also comes with probably my favorite cartoon yet.

Here's the Play Store changelog:

• Choose who can see your phone number in Privacy & Security settings.
• Add groups to "Always/Never Share" exceptions in privacy settings. Permissions will get updated as users leave and join the groups.

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[Update: New separate apps for Google Photos and Drive] Photo Map lets you explore your Google Photos on a world map

• Update 1: 2019/06/01 12:01am PDT
  To address privacy concerns, the developer has forked the app into two separate versions: One of them only accesses the Google Photos folder in your Google Drive storage, while the

Smartphones have been adding location tags to pictures for years to help identify where a photo was taken, which is particularly useful when looking at old memories. However, it's not easy to find images you've shot in a particular location if you haven't properly sorted them out beforehand.

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Spotify will soon let you share control of your music queue with others

A good party should be an open party. Namely, it should have a few open things: an open door, an open bar (or two), and an open jukebox. That last bit can get more awkward than one would like as people fumble around with a computer or figure out how to connect their phones to the Wi-Fi network. Well, Spotify is cooking up a new feature that will let other users take control of a host's playlist with a simple scan of a code or tap of a link.

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