Candy Crush Soda Saga 1.32.11 APK

Candy Crush Soda Saga for Android updated with several improvements, new features and bug fixes. The latest version has arrived on the Google Play Store and now, you can update the game to version 1.32.11 to have access to all the divine new content.

A juicy addition for a sweet franchise, this game has been a mainstay in the casual gaming environment for some time. Now the makers have created a juicy compansion, Candy Crush Soda Saga. It has similar interfaces as the original game, but it adds in soda extras that include ways to make things more interesting and more delicious. The game itself is fun to play and addictive as Candy Crush Saga, recommended for everyone.

Candy Crush Soda Saga is not quite the same as Candy Crush. It's a wonderfully addictive game. Unlike the original Candy Crush, which felt very stale, this new adaptation is much more enjoyable and challenging. The game gives the player more opportunities to make special candies and to use them to our advantage. These levels are difficult, but not impossible and totally playable. It still makes you think about your next move as they are limited.

Definitely a new way of crushing candy with different objectives and obstacles to achieve success in the most entertaining way so far. The game developer, King really went far with this one. However, this game still has a lot of the same mechanics of candy crush with some twists with the soda flooding to add interest.

Here's a look at what's new in this update:
- Play 15 new levels, making it 180 in total.
- New tab for mobile users, now you can ask just your Soda friends for help.
- Bubble Gum - The most stickylicious game mode yet.

Requires Android: 2.3+
Download File: 43MB (Candy Crush Soda Saga APK)

Assassin’s Creed Unity App 1.0.3 APK

Assassin’s Creed Unity App is an awesome companion app that helps you to link to your actual game and now, the latest version has arrived on the Google Play Store. Released as v1.0.3, this update is pretty hefty on improvements, bug fixes and changes. After the update everything works as intended.

This companion app is absolutely brilliant. They basically replaced the Assassin's Missions in-game, to companion app. And If you're an assassins creed fan you should love this. It a lot like the mini games in brotherhood. You're being able to take care of your assassins while still playing as Arno on your system. The ability to look at the map while in game is cool too.

Ubisoft has been doing this with all games, they set you back to zero upon release. This is a fun companion to the game. It looks better than any other companion app, feels fluid and has some pretty neat features that other companions don't have.

The connection between the application and the game is great that you can access your database from it. It's the useful app that you can play on that actually affects your main game. You are slaying the second screen experience right now.

Here are the list what's new in Assassin’s Creed Unity App on Android:
- Fixes issues when playing on 2 different HD platforms
- Fixes graphical corruption on some devices
- Fixes crashes on premium audio tracks
- Fixes tutorial progression break when a strong assassin is hired for the second mission

The update is live right now if you have the app installed and if you've been waiting to grab APK Link Assassins Creed Unity App, now is the time to do.

Requires Android: 2.3+
Download File: 16.5MB (Assassin’s Creed Unity App APK)

MX Player 1.7.33 APK

MX Player is one of the greatest video player offer for android. It's a fantastic application for playing any videos you need When you want to watch video of PC's resolution. Yes, this app allow you play every video and having to switch between hardware and software decoding occasionally depending on the format from your mobile device. The controls are also excellent, allowing customization for the UI and touch gestures.

Way better than the stock player in the Play Store, and useful features are added with each update. New MX Player Android app update to version 1.7.33 removes Native Support For AC3 and MLP Audio Codecs. Also, updates are issued quickly, fixing any of the minor bugs which crop up occasionally.

This is the latest release of the popular video player where MX team removed support for two audio Codec: AC3 and MLP. The issue of AC3 Codec got solved. Go to settings - Decoder - Download Codec. Then download AIO Pack. Once it's downloaded then go to Custom CODEC and select the AIO File. MX restarts and issue solved.

Here is the list what's new in MX Player on Android:
- Remove AC3, MLP audio codec due to license issue..
- Added http user-agent overriding option under Settings > General.
- Added RTL subtitle disposition option under Settings > Subtitle for Android 4.2 and later
- Bug fixes.

As usual we have an update APK file of  MX Player, you can download and install it easily to your Android phone or tablet.

Requires Android: 2.1+
Download File: 3.82MB (MX Player APK)

Download Manager for Android 4.38 APK

Download Manager for Android has just been updated in the Play Store. The newest version comes with redesigned app structure, new User Interface and other new features along with bug fixes. Following 4.38 update, the apps gets better and better all the time with some improvement and adds new features.

Download Manager is a wonderful application that helps to be able to do a lot of things to help you track of files that would normally be difficult to download. You can use it every day, and it comes in so handy. One of the smart downloader app to have, matter of fact is free, there is nothing to loose.

This app is a flexible downloader, if you have a browser wouldn't let you choose whether to d/l to the internal memory or SD card, and this app did the trick. It also downloads faster and has a bunch of other useful options. The app has made getting files on and off of your phone seamless and super easy. It is everything you are looking for in a mobile file manager, able to open directly and work with a huge variety of files.

If you want to download videos and songs to your device, this is so the way to go. It helps you download everything that you need. Download it and you are always going to be the first to download the latest videos and musics.

Requires Android: 2.3+
Download File: 3.2MB (Download Manager APK)

Deck Heroes 2.2.0 APK

Popular game developer IGG has released a new Card game for Android. Titled Deck Heroes, the game tasks players with hundreds of cards to collect and build decks with a wild bunch of Heroes and Creatures to save a threatened kingdom.

Deck Heroes is about playing cards, the game lets you command heroes and creatures to save the world. You will travel through a World of Magic and Mistery and prevail against the forces of darkness. You fight for Honor in intense PvP action and skills in lighting fast duels. The strategy of playing cards and all of the factions make this is an amazing game where you can choose your side and how you play.

Gameplay is reminiscent of Elemental Kingdoms, where battles require strategic card placement and management of skills and triggers. The UI elements are unique and well-designed, the card and spell animations are eye candy, and the backgrounds are great quality.

This is exactly what you want, recommend it to anyone who enjoys the idea of a skill focused card game instead of quantity. The battles are very engaging with great artwork on cards and animations, high-quality sound effects and a good designed combat system. It's both easy and fun to learn how to apply proper tactics to win a fight.

The game itself is available for free, you can get every card in the card with some luck and experience. It also offers in-app purchases where allows you to buy gems. Plus, as you play the campaign, you soon get better, easy to get cards.

Deck Heroes is out on Play Store as well. And for players who can't download on the market you can pick APK file below. Have you played the game yet? What do you think? Let us know in the comments.

Requires Android: 2.3+
Download File: 25MB (Deck Heroes APK)

Call of Duty Heroes 1.1.0 APK

Call of Duty Heroes, the new Call of Duty franchise in 3D combat strategy game has made its way to Android, iOS and Windows. The game is free to play with in-app purchases and offers the player in control of an army of legendary heroes, devastating drones straight and elite soldiers from COD characters.

Android users, you can now download Call of Duty: Heroes from the Play Store. Published by Activision, this is a real fun strategy game that recommend to anyone who likes Call Of Duty and strategy games. If you like Clash of Clans and or call of duty, you'll like this game!

The game is like Clash Of Clans, but much better. It's a strategy game where you have to customize your base and train elite forces from the modern warfare series and black ops series characters. Take control an army and dominate your enemies in fierce battles featuring fully controllable heroes and epic Killstreaks, like the first-person chopper gunner.

Here are some of the features of this game:
- Take control of and level up iconic heroes from the Call of Duty franchise, including Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Call of Duty: Black Ops II, and more. Each hero has their own progression system and unique Killstreaks.
- Train and specialize your army using units directly from Call of Duty, such as Juggernauts, Dragonfires, and CLAWs.
- Unleash Killstreaks such as the drone strike, UAV, care package, and chopper gunner to devastate opponents.
*Defend your base against attackers and go on the offensive in three unique modes: PvP, Campaign, and Survival
- Team up with your friends to form alliances, donate troops, and dominate your enemies.
- Build and upgrade your base into a fortress with sentry guns, Guardians, SAM turrets, howitzers, mines, and over 30 other upgradable structures.

Look for Call of Duty Heroes as a free download from either the Play Store, App Store and Windows Store. And for Android player who can't get it on the market you can hit up the APK file link below to check out this game and let us know what you think in the comments below.

Requires Android: 2.3.3+
Download File: 44MB (Call of Duty Heroes APK)

Update: Call of Duty Heroes 1.1.1 APK

Skype 5.1.0.56619 APK

The Skype team have announced a handy new feature inside their official apps for Android. With picture-in-picture support, Skype will now let you continue your video calls when you leave the app. This update also brings chats load faster, and it's now possible to receive photos from Skype for iPhone and other new clients.

Skype allow you see people everywhere that you want to talk, you can see somebody like. For example, if you have one family member live out of the country that way you can see them and be close to them.

Here's a list what's new on Skype for Android:

- Receive photos from Skype for iPhone and other new clients.

- Chats load faster, especially when opened from a notification.

- Picture in picture view lets you keep a video call going – for phones now too!

- Supports formatted text: bold italic ~strikethrough~

- Native Support for Hindi – SAHI!

Download the latest version of Skype for free on the Google Play or pick .apk file below so you can transfer and install it easily on your phone or tablet.

Requires Android: 4.0+

Download File: 19.9 MB (Skype APK)

Darkness Reborn 1.0.5 APK

Live action PVP Darkness Reborn is now available for Android, the game lets you become a warrior and face the wrath of the Cursed Knight. You have to create the ultimate warrior, dominate dynamic PvP battles, and compete against other guilds from your mobile phone.

Darkness Reborn is a new action game, this game is absolutely fantastic with it's graphics and a nice story line to the game. If you are looking for a good RPG and this is it. The game is a complete full package RPG experience. The story line is acceptable, and the gameplay is easy to learn and you start having fun with the combat immediately.

Darkness Reborn is easy enough for casual players and challenging enough for hardcore gamers with it's beautiful animations and responsive controls. Here are some of the features of this game:
- Challenge yourself with hundreds of achievements
- Defeat other players in live 3 v 3 combat and climb the ranks
- Delve into dungeons together with your allies
- Customize your hero with thousands of items
- Instantly boost your power and speed with RAGE!
- Team up with friends and raid the World Boss in parties of up to 6

As new game, Darkness Reborn has a lot of potential. It is still very new, so it obviously needs a few tweaks, but within a year this could be one of the best games on a mobile platform. It's a game, you should be rewarded for your ability play, not your ability to pay.

The game is out now in the Google Play Store. It's a free download and contains the in-app purchases. If you can't get it in the market, you can hit up the APK file link below to check out this action game and let us know what you think in the comments below.

Requires Android: 2.3+
Download File: 48MB (Darkness Reborn 1.0.5 APK)

Sky Force 2014 Reimagined for Android TV

By Jamil Moledina, Games Strategic Partnerships Lead, Google Play

In the coming months, we’ll be seeing more media players, like the recently released Nexus Player, and TVs from partners with Android TV built-in hit the market. While there’s plenty of information available about the technical aspects of adapting your app or game to Android TV, it’s also useful to consider design changes to optimize for the living room. That way you can provide lasting engagement for existing fans as well as new players discovering your game in this new setting. Here are three things one developer did, and how you can do them too.

Infinite Dreams is an indie studio out of Poland, co-founded by hardcore game fans Tomasz Kostrzewski and Marek Wyszyński. With Sky Force 2014 TV, they brought their hit arcade style game to Android TV in a particularly clever way. The mobile-based version of Sky Force 2014 reimaged the 2004 classic by introducing stunning 3D visuals, and a free-to-download business model using in-app purchasing and competitive tournaments to increase engagement. In bringing Sky Force 2014 to TV, they found ways to factor in the play style, play sessions, and real-world social context of the living room, while paying homage to the title’s classic arcade heritage. As Wyszyński puts it, “We decided not to take any shortcuts, we wanted to make the game feel like it was designed to be played on TV.”

Orientation

For starters, Sky Force 2014 is played vertically on a smartphone or tablet, also known as portrait mode. In the game, you’re piloting a powerful fighter plane flying up the screen over a scrolling landscape, targeting waves of steampunk enemies coming down at you. You can see far enough up the screen, enabling you to plan your attacks and dodge enemies in advance.

Vertical play on the mobile version

When bringing the game to TV, the quickest approach would have been to preserve that vertical orientation of the gameplay, by pillarboxing the field of play.

With Sky Force 2014, Infinite Dreams considered their options, and decided to scale the gameplay horizontally, in landscape mode, and recompose the view and combat elements. You’re still aiming up the screen, but the world below and the enemies coming at you are filling out a much wider field of view. They also completely reworked the UI to be comfortably operated with a gamepad or simple remote. From Wyszyński’s point of view, “We really didn't want to just add support for remote and gamepad on top of what we had because we felt it would not work very well.” This approach gives the play experience a much more immersive field of view, putting you right there in the middle of the action. More information on designing for landscape orientation can be found here.

Multiplayer

Like all mobile game developers building for the TV, Infinite Dreams had to figure out how to adapt touch input onto a controller. Sky Force 2014 TV accepts both remote control and gamepad controller input. Both are well-tuned, and fighter handling is natural and responsive, but Infinite Dreams didn’t stop there. They took the opportunity to add cooperative multiplayer functionality to take advantage of the wider field of view from a TV. In this way, they not only scaled the visuals of the game to the living room, but also factored in that it’s a living room where people play together. Given the extended lateral patterns of advancing enemies, multiplayer strategies emerge, like “divide and conquer,” or “I got your back” for players of different skill levels. More information about adding controller support to your Android game can be found here, handling controller actions here, and mapping each player’s paired controllers here.

Players battle side by side in the Android TV version

Business Model

Infinite Dreams is also experimenting with monetization and extending play session length. The TV version replaces several $1.99 in-app purchases and timers with a try-before-you-buy model which charges $4.99 after playing the first 2 levels for free. We’ve seen this single purchase model prove successful with other arcade action games like Mediocre’s Smash Hit for smartphones and tablets, in which the purchase unlocks checkpoint saves. We’re also seeing strong arcade action games like Vector Unit’s Beach Buggy Racing and Ubisoft’s Hungry Shark Evolution retain their existing in-app purchase models for Android TV. More information on setting up your games for these varied business models can be found here. We’ll be tracking and sharing these variations in business models on Android TV, including variations in premium, as the Android TV platform grows.

Reflecting on the work involved in making these changes, Wyszyński says, “From a technical point of view the process was not really so difficult – it took us about a month of work to incorporate all of the features and we are very happy with the results.” Take a moment to check out Sky Force 2014 TV on a Nexus Player and the other games in the Android TV collection on Google Play, most of which made no design changes and still play well on a TV. Consider your own starting point, take a look at the Android TV section on our developer blog, and build the version of your game that would be most satisfying to players on the couch.

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FIFA 15 Ultimate Team 1.2.0 APK

FIFA 15 Ultimate Team for Android has been updated to get players into the game faster and keep players playing like a pro. With the updates today, the game developer EA give players the best experience to enjoy immersive full-screen support. The game was great to play and manage a separate ultimate team from your console or computer, and with this update is now better.

FIFA is ultimately the best football games. This game is fantastic, there are so many things you never thought you wanted that you could do in this game. You can create your own fantasy team. It's very easy to get good players in your team if you are good at it. You haven't spend money at all to have superstar's football like Falcou, Cavani, Jesus Navas and many other 84+ rating players. The amount of objectives is very helpful because the rewards are usually good and you can easily bid on players and buy gold packs constantly with the amount of easy money you get.

FIFA 15 comes with a new button layout and shooting system makes it easy to transition between touch play and traditional button pressing seamlessly. Skill dribbling takes some getting used to, and it's more realistic.

Good game with all the features as in a gaming console. Who needs FIFA 15 on the Xbox or the PlayStation for a huge amount of money where you can have just as much fun playing on your phone or tablet for free? That feeling when you get a very rare player in a pack. It's great, you will like the layout of the buttons when you are playing a game. EA designed in the right place for your fingers. You will also like the quick simulation match option which is very handy when you can't be bothered!

Requires Android: 2.3.3+
Download File: 20.3MB (FIFA 15 Ultimate Team 1.2.0 APK)

Boom Beach 18.173 APK

Boom Beach for Android has been updated to version 18.173 in the Market, adding new features and some improvements. Before the update, the game automatically quite itself. But now, it has stopped.

Boom Beach is a new combat strategy game by Supercell, the mobile game developer behind the successful Clash of Clans and Hay Day. The game lets you fight an epic war against the evil Blackguard where you have to become a race to harness the ancient powers hidden on the islands.

Different from clash of clans less micro-management, but complex in its own ways. It's a great game to play many people don't like the waiting time to build things. This game is unique in its own right, and it deserves credit for paving new ground in an increasingly competitive mobile gaming landscape. If you like Clash of Clans, you will like this one. It may even be better, but want to play for awhile to see.

It's all about the attack: has action, a war theme, explosion and control on weapons and troops. In Boom Beach, you can be controlled the troops and it's not random like Clash of Clans. You can control who they attack and use artillery to effect the game play. You won't get ahead in this game if you don't keep driving forward. In this gameplay model, this game well balance. There is just the right mix of resources to building to strategy to attack.

Highly recommend it to anyone who likes any fighting at all. If you like real-time strategy game, you'll like Boom Beach. It's the basic scenario, 10 seconds to build the level one building and 10 days to build the high-level building, but it's fun it passes the time.

You can now download Boom Beach for free on the Google Play or pick the latest apk file below so you can transfer and install it easily on your Android phone or tablet.

Requires Android: 4.0.3+
Download File: 47MB (Boom Beach 18.173 APK)

Telegram 2.0.5 APK

The Telegram Messenger app has just been updated to work on even more devices with the inclusion of official support for Android 5.0 Lollipop and documents multi-selection. The application was great, and the new update brought helpful improvements.

Telegram is a wonderful app designed by Indians, it's a messaging app with a focus on speed and security. As nice as WhatsApp, but with more features, such as Secret Chat for example. Moreover, Telegram has a tablet app, and Windows and Mac OS X clients. Android 5 and Material Design are supported. The most important thing is its performance; it fast, extremely stable and even works on slow 2G connections.

This application makes life easier, much better than WhatsApp which still has the same style UI for over 4 years. It is nice and easy to use and lot more features then WhatsApp like send more length video then WhatsApp or send pdf file and many others. The interface is really slick and fast, and the app is updated all the time. The corresponding apps on the web, Mac and  Windows are awesome as well. It's what WhatsApp should be like.

It also very convenient, with just one registered mobile on Telegram you can use this application on cross mobile device like Samsung Note 3, iPad, Macbook pro, iPod and more.

Now's the day you can head to the Play Store and download the Telegram app or you can snag .apk file from the link at the bottom of this post.

Requires Android: 2.2+
Download File: 9.2MB (Telegram APK)

Turbo Dismount 1.4.4 APK

Secret Exit is rolling out an update for the Simulation game Turbo Dismount for Android, removed touchscreen requirement, along with some improvement and bug fixed. After players had problems with the game, the developer helped us and now the game works perfectly.

Turbo Dismount is now available on mobile, just like turbo dismount on PC, this game is a feat of glory. It has an awesome physics engine, rivaling the likes of beamNG drive and next car game, and has an awesome slow-mo mode which was sorely missed on stair dismount. If you liked Stair Dismount, you would like this. Pretty much the same as the PC version if you've played it.

In Turbo Dismount, you have to control a manikin e that perform death-defying motor stunts, crash into walls, create traffic pile-ups of epic scale - and share the fun. There's something funny about putting your face on a crash test dummy and watching yourself fly off ramps.

If you like to watch vehicles being torn to pieces in slow motion, this game is for you. The visual style of this game is much like Stair Dismount with some nice music and design. It comes with new vehicles, levels, and obstacles add more mayhem to have fun with. Overall, Turbo Dismount is like an evolution from Stair Dismount from the addition of vehicles and customizations, with the same unique style and fun physics action.

Want to try it out? Download Turbo Dismount for free on the Google Play or pick .apk file below so you can transfer and install it easily on your Android phone or tablet.

Requires Android: 4.1+
Download File: 53MB (Turbo Dismount APK)

NinJump Dash 1.0 APK

A new multiplayer racing game called NinJump Dash has popped into the Google Play and App Store. It comes from the creators of NinJump, and has a similar characters from original NinJump game.

Developed by Backflip Studios, NinJump Dash is the newest installment racing game in the popular Ninjump franchise, which includes titles like the original Ninjump and Ninjump Rooftops. The game is focus is on multiplayer gameplay, as you can compete against your friends and strangers alike in four-person multiplayer races.

In NinJump Dash, you'll race against three real people, including your Facebook friends and random opponents. You have to running across rooftops, jump over obstacles to overtake your opponents and collecting power-ups against three other players in real time.

It's fun to play with your friends and the action is in real-time, so the outcome of each race will depend on your focus and reactions. Shoot rockets, portals and throwing stars at players ahead of you to knock them back, along with drop punch boxes to slow competitors behind you.

Here are some of the features of this game:
- Taunt other players
- Join a league
- Race real people
- Compete in real-time
- See Facebook friends
- Grab awesome powerups
- Customize your costume
- Jump, then double jump!
- Climb the leaderboards

Want to try it out? Grab some friends and download NinJump Dash for free on the Google Play or pick .apk file below so you can transfer and install it easily on your Android phone or tablet.

Requires Android: 4.0+
Download File: 34MB (NinJump Dash APK)

MX Player 1.7.32 APK

MX Player app has just been updated to work on even more devices with the inclusion of official support for Android 5.0 Lollipop. This update also brings new features and some improvements.

MX Player is a great media player with the ability to play various formats. The best media player that come across device with good hardware support and excellent software decode, you can play everything you want. The app works great with HDMI output too and has great UI allowing you are changing the brightness and volume by swiping on the screen. Finally, it's compatible with lollipop.

Here are the list what's new in MX Player on Android:
- Supports Android 5.0
- Added "Toggle playback with play button" under Settings > Player.
- Added View menu on the media list screen for the selection of view mode, sorting order, display fields.
- Supports MOD audio files including .mod, .s3m, .xm, .it, and more.
- Added "Scroll to last played media" option under Settings > List.
- Audio track can be disabled through the audio track selection box.

You can head on over to Google Play now to snag the update or pick update apk file of MX Player below and enjoy watching video on Android Lollipop device.

Requires Android: 2.3+
Download File: 3.9MB (MX Player APK)

Ironkill: Robot Fighting Game 1.0.16 APK

Ironkill, the Robot Fighting Game from developer Play Motions, has made its way to Android and iOS. The game is free to play with in-app purchases and offers the player in control of a mechanical warrior fighting to become the unchallenged champion of the Ironkill leagues.

Here are some of the features of this game:
- Play for free in the epic Robot Fighting Championship!
- Fight across continents in a journey to win the ultimate Ironkill Championship.
- Build powerful robots with their own signature moves and unique abilities.
- Create your own roster of steel crushing machines.
- Upgrade and modify strategically to match the competition.
- Destroy the opposing master fighters in spectacular action combat.
- Stunning graphic with real dynamic battles in fascinating environments.

Look for Ironkill as a free download from either the Google Play, App Store or hit up the apk file link below to check out this action game and let us know what you think in the comments below.

Requires Android: 2.3+
Download File: 11.6MB (Ironkill: Robot Fighting Game APK)

GO SMS Pro 6.02 APK

GO Dev Team is rolling out a new and update for the communication app GO SMS Pro for Android, bringing back vibrate pattern and avatar pop up, along with some improvements and bugs fixed.

GO SMS Pro is a brand new messaging app to replace the stock on Android phone or tablet. This app comes with Hundreds of personalized themes and lovely stickers and more features, bringing you a brand new looking messaging experience to the next level on mobile.

For a much better SMS/MMS experience on Android, GO SMS Pro is the best choice. It has everything that you can ask for in an SMS apps. The best thing about Go SMS Pro is the scheduled text messages. You can write a text when you have time and it will send when it's good for the recipient. Also has good reports and handles pictures beautifully.

This free messaging app has an elegant, the best for an intuitive interface, functionality and flexibility. Probably the best SMS app out there that you can use a few different phones across different platforms. In this new version, you'll like the conversation wherein you can put your photos and also your contacts.

Here's a look at what's new in this update:
- (Improve) Support select multiple recipients in group.
- (Improve) Easier to use private box and blocker.
- (Improve) Bring back vibrate pattern and avatar pop up.
- (Fixed)Some bugs fixed.

Requires Android: 2.3+
Download File: 10.5MB (GO SMS Pro APK)

musiXmatch drives user engagement through innovation

Posted by Leticia Lago, Google Play team

musiXmatch is an app that offers Android users the unique and powerful feature FloatingLyrics. FloatingLyrics pops up a floating window showing synched lyrics as users listen to tracks on their favorite player and music services. It’s achieved through a seamless integration with intents on the platform, something that’s technically possible only on Android.

As a result musiXmatch has seen “a dramatic increase in terms of engagement’, says founder Max Ciociola, “which has been two times more active users and even two times more the average time they spend in the app.”

The ability to deliver lyrics to a range of different devices — such as Chromecast, Android TV, and Android Wear — is creating opportunities for musiXmatch. It’s helping them turn their app into a smart companion for their users and getting them closer to their goal of reaching 100 million people.

In the following video, Max and Android engineer Sebastiano Gottardo talk about the unique capabilities that Android offers to musiXmatch:

To learn about achieving great user engagement and retention and reaching more users through different form factors, be sure to check out these resources:

• Convert installs to active users — Watch this video to hear from Matteo Vallone, Partner Development Manager for Google Play, about the best practices in engaging and retaining app users using intents, identity, context, and rich notifications as well as delivering a cross-platform user experience.


• Expanding to new form factors: Tablet, Wear & TV — Watch this panel discussion with Google experts talking about cross-platform opportunities and answering developer questions.

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AnTuTu Benchmark 5.3 APK

The most popular Android smartphone and tablet benchmarking app in the world AnTuTu Benchmark has updated to version 5.3, adding Fahrenheit for battery temperature and improve CPU architecture identification. This new version also optimized for 64 bit CPU info and optimized downloading.

AnTuTu is the best smartphone benchmark to compare with different phones, it delivers genuine check test reports and a great way to see how your device fares against other devices. It provides a chart to compare with other phones and comments regarding the phone's software and hardware performance.

This app will show how your phone works and also one of the way to check phone genuine or not by looking the score. It has good performance indicator to use if specific aspects of your phone's performance are bugging you. It'll help to check if your phones performance is comparable with other similar spec devices, and any issues are truly there or just user expectation not meeting current hardware limitations.

This program works great for mobile and tablet devices performance benchmark. They also have the Antutu X version to prevent smartphone manufacturer cheating. Accurate representing of device performance, makes it easier to find and fix performance issues.

Head into Google Play to download the latest version. And as usual we have the .apk file of Antutu that you can download directly and  install it easily on your Android phone and tablet.

Requires Android: 2.3.3+
Download File: 33MB (AnTuTu Benchmark APK)

Chinese Developers Can Now Offer Paid Applications to Google Play Users in More Than 130 countries

By Ellie Powers, product manager for Google Play

Google Play is the largest digital store for Android users to discover and purchase their favorite mobile app and games, and the ecosystem is continuing to grow globally. Over the past year, we’ve expanded the list of countries where app developers can sign up to be merchants on Google Play, totaling 60 countries, including Lebanon, Jordan, Oman, Pakistan, Puerto Rico, Qatar and Venezuela most recently.

As part of that continued effort, we’re excited to announce merchant support in China, enabling local developers to export and sell their apps to Google Play users in more than 130 countries. Chinese developers can now offer both free and paid applications through various monetization models, including in-app purchasing and subscriptions. For revenue generated on Google Play, developers will receive payment to their Chinese bank accounts via USD wire transfers.

If you develop Android apps in China and want to start distributing your apps to a global audience through Google Play, visit play.google.com/apps/publish and register as a developer. If you want to sell apps and in-app products, you'll need to also sign up for a Google Wallet merchant account, which is available on the “Revenue” page in the Google Play Developer Console. After you’ve uploaded your apps, you can set prices in the Developer Console and later receive reports on your revenue. You’ll receive your developer payouts via wire transfer. For more details, please visit our developer help center.

We look forward to continuing to roll out Google Play support to developers in many more countries around the world.

中国开发者可以向全球130个国家的Google Play用户提供付费应用啦

发表者：Ellie Powers, Google Play产品经理

Google Play是一个可让Android用户发现和购买他们喜爱的移动应用程序和游戏的全球最大的应用商店，这个生态系统在全球迅速成长。过去一年中，我们已经扩展到60个国家，让应用程序开发人员可以注册成为 Google Play的商家，其中新近支持的国家包括黎巴嫩、约旦、阿曼、巴基斯坦、波多黎各、卡塔尔和委内瑞拉。

作为持续改进 Google Play努力的一部分，我们很高兴地宣布在中国增加了对商家的支持，让中国的开发者能售卖应用程序到130个国家的 Google Play 用户。中国的开发者现在可以提供通过各种盈利模式的免费和付费应用，包括应用内购买和订阅。在 Google Play 产生的营收将通过美元电汇的方式支付给开发者的中国的银行账户。

如果你在中国开发Android应用程序，并希望通过 Google Play 把应用程序推广到全球，请登录play.google.com/apps/publish 并建立你的 Google Play 开发者账户。如果你想售卖付费的应用程序和应用程序内的产品，则需要再注册一个Google 电子钱包商家帐户，通过Google Play开发者控制台里的”营收”页面进行设置。上传应用程序后，你可以通过开发者控制台设定价格，之后就可以收到营收报告，你将会通过电汇的方式获得收入。

我们将继续增加更多 Google Play 商家支持的国家，敬请关注。

更多详情，请访问我们的开发者帮助中心。

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Viber 5.1.0.1274 APK

The popular Viber app for Android just got an update this week to version 5.1.0.1274 in the Google Play Store. It adds an enhancements in video messages allow you to send larger files, along with Improvements and bug fixes.

If you're not a big fan of Skype from Microsoft and want something that's a little better quality or just want something that's original, Viber is the solution for you. Viber works well, looks great and even has a client for Linux-based operating systems (such as Ubuntu). Voice quality is better than cellular and landline, even it works perfectly when Internet speed is adequate.

Here are the list what's new in Viber on Android:
- Follow group conversations and find the latest chat about whatever you’re into. You can also 'like’ content, including messages, photos, videos, links and more.
- Enhancements in video messages allow you to send larger files
- Improvements and bug fixes.

Head into Play Store to download or pick .apk file so you can transfer and install it easily on your Android phone and tablet. The download link of Viber APK below has been updated with the latest version.

Requires Android: 2.3+
Download File: 32.3 MB (Viber APK)

Coding Android TV games is easy as pie

Posted by Alex Ames, Fun Propulsion Labs at Google*

We’re pleased to announce Pie Noon, a simple game created to demonstrate multi-player support on the Nexus Player, an Android TV device. Pie Noon is an open source, cross-platform game written in C++ which supports:

• Up to 4 players using Bluetooth controllers.


• Touch controls.


• Google Play Games Services sign-in and leaderboards.


• Other Android devices (you can play on your phone or tablet in single-player mode, or against human adversaries using Bluetooth controllers).

Pie Noon serves as a demonstration of how to use the SDL library in Android games as well as Google technologies like Flatbuffers, Mathfu, fplutil, and WebP.

• Flatbuffers provides efficient serialization of the data loaded at run time for quick loading times. (Examples: schema files and loading compiled Flatbuffers)


• Mathfu drives the rendering code, particle effects, scene layout, and more, allowing for efficient mathematical operations optimized with SIMD. (Example: particle system)


• fplutil streamlines the build process for Android, making iteration faster and easier. Our Android build script makes use of it to easily compile and run on on Android devices.


• WebP compresses image assets more efficiently than jpg or png file formats, allowing for smaller APK sizes.

You can download the game in the Play Store and the latest open source release from our GitHub page. We invite you to learn from the code to see how you can implement these libraries and utilities in your own Android games. Take advantage of our discussion list if you have any questions, and don’t forget to throw a few pies while you’re at it!

* Fun Propulsion Labs is a team within Google that's dedicated to advancing gaming on Android and other platforms.

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WhatsApp Messenger 2.11.432 APK

WhatsApp Inc has updated its popular messaging app for Android, bringing with it captions to photos and videos, along with miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements. The new update also rolled out the blue ticks feature which allows you to see when your message has been read. The feature was announced a few weeks ago, and the update now makes WhatsApp is better than the older version.

WhatsApp Messenger is one of the best and the most popular messaging apps on the Play Store, the most popular messaging platform in the world. It's available for across mobile platform and uses your 3G or WiFi to message with friends and family. As long as you have an internet connection you can send and receive messages, pictures, audio notes, and video messages.

Few years later today WhatsApp have become a very successful multi-billion company. It was very useful to do mesaging with BlackBerry users from Nokia Symbian smartphone. Its unique phone number based identification without user name/passwords, and automatic contacts detection were very innovative.

As usual we have an update .apk file of  WhatsApp Messenger, you can download and install it easily on your Android phone or tablet.

Requires Android: 2.1+
Download File: 18MB (WhatsApp Messenger APK)

Begin developing with Android Auto

Posted by Daniel Holle, Product Manager

At Google I/O back in June, we provided a preview of Android Auto. Today, we’re excited to announce the availability of our first APIs for building Auto-enabled apps for audio and messaging. Android apps can now be extended to the car in a way that is optimized for the driving experience.

For users, this means they simply connect their Android handheld to a compatible vehicle and begin utilizing a car-optimized Android experience that works with the car’s head unit display, steering wheel buttons, and more. For developers, the APIs and UX guidelines make it easy to provide a simple way for users to get the information they need while on the road. As an added bonus, the Android Auto APIs let developers easily extend their existing apps targeting Android 5.0 (API level 21) or higher to work in the car without having to worry about vehicle-specific hardware differences. This gives developers wide reach across manufacturers, model and regions, by just developing with one set of APIs and UX standards.

There are two use cases that Android Auto supports today:

• Audio apps that expose content for users to browse and allow audio playback from the car, such as music, podcasts, news, etc.


• Messaging apps that receive incoming notifications, read messages aloud, and send replies via voice from the car.

To help you get started with Android Auto, check out our Getting Started guide. It’s important to note that while the APIs are available today, apps extended with Android Auto cannot be published quite yet. More app categories will be supported in the future, providing more opportunities for developers and drivers of Android Auto. We encourage you to join the Android Auto Developers Google+ community to stay up-to-date on the latest news and timelines.

We’ve already started working with partners to develop experiences for Android Auto: iHeartRadio, Joyride, Kik, MLB.com, NPR, Pandora, PocketCasts, Songza, SoundCloud, Spotify, Stitcher, TextMe, textPlus, TuneIn, Umano, and WhatsApp. If you happen to be in the Los Angeles area, stop by the LA Auto Show through November 30 and visit us in the Hyundai booth to take Android Auto and an app or two for a test drive.

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FIFA 15 Ultimate Team 1.1.2 APK

Electronic Arts is now rolling out an update to its popular Sports game FIFA 15 Ultimate Team with some off-the-pitch improvements. Following version 1.1.2, this update brings  the best experience and makes footballers into the game faster and keep playing like a pro with immersive full-screen support.

FIFA 15 Ultimate Team is the best football app on the play store, if you like sports game this app is for you. The game was great to play and manage a separate ultimate team from your console or computer, and now it comes with an update. With new features and easy to play, you will always play it and when you're setting up your squad it feels lime you are about to go to war.

Who needs FIFA 15 on the Xbox or the PlayStation for a huge amount of money where you can have just as much fun playing on your phone or tablet for free? This app is great! The developer team are designed in the right place for your fingers, you'll like the layout of the buttons when you are playing a game. Very handy when you can't be bothered! The amount of objectives is very helpful because the rewards are usually good and you can easily bid on players and buy gold packs constantly with the amount of easy money you get.

Packed with tons of real football leagues, teams, and players, there are so many things you never thought you wanted that you could do in this game. That feeling when you get a very rare player in a pack.

Requires Android: 2.3.3+
Download File: 20.3MB (FIFA 15 Ultimate Team APK)

Keeping Your Saved Games in the Cloud

Posted by Todd Kerpelman, Developer Advocate

Saved Games Are the Future!

I think most of us have at least one or two games we play obsessively. Me? I'm a Sky Force 2014 guy. But maybe you're into matching colorful objects, battling monsters, or helping avians with their rage management issues. Either way, there's probably some game where you've spent hours upon hours upgrading your squad, reaching higher and higher levels, or unlocking every piece of bonus content in the game.

Now imagine losing all of that progress when you decide to get a new phone. Or reinstall your game. Yikes!

That's why, when Google Play Games launched, one of the very first features we included was the ability for users to save their game to the cloud using a service called the AppState API. For developers who didn't need an entire server-based infrastructure to run their game, but didn't want to lose players when they upgraded their devices, this feature was a real life-saver.

But many developers wanted even more. With AppState, you were limited to 4 slots of 256k of data each, and for some games, this just wasn't enough. So this past year at Google I/O, we launched an entirely new Saved Games feature, powered by Google Drive. This gave you huge amounts of space (up to 3MB per saved game with unlimited save slots), the ability to save a screenshot and metadata with your saved games, and some nice features like showing your player's saved games directly in the Google Play app.

...But AppState is Yesterday's News

Since the introduction of Saved Games, we've seen enough titles happily using the service and heard enough positive feedback from developers that we're convinced that Saved Games is the better offering and the way to go in the future. With that in mind, we've decided to start deprecating the old cloud save system using AppState and are encouraging everybody who's still using it to switch over to the new Saved Games feature (referred to in our libraries as "Snapshots").

What does this mean for you as a game developer?

If you haven't yet added Saved Games to your game, now would be the perfect time! The holidays are coming up and your players are going to start getting new devices over the next couple of months. Wouldn't it be great if they could take your game's progress with them? Unless, I guess, "not retaining users" is part of your business plan.

If you're already using the new Saved Games / Snapshot system, put your feet up and relax. None of these changes affect you. Okay, now put your feet down, and get back to work. You probably have a seasonal update to work on, don't you?

If you're using the old AppState system, you should start migrating your player's data over to the new Saved Games service. Luckily, it's easy to include both systems in the same game, so you should be able to migrate your users' data with their ever knowing. The process would probably work a little something like this:

• Enable the new Saved Game service for your game by
  
  • Adding the Drive.SCOPE_APPFOLDER scope to your list of scopes in your GoogleApiClient.
  
  
  • Turning on Saved Games for your game in the Google Play Developer Console.


• Next, when your app tries to load the user's saved game
  
  • First see if any saved game exists using the new Saved Games service. If there is, go ahead and use it.
  
  
  • Otherwise, grab their saved game from the AppState service.


• When you save the user's game back to the cloud, save it using the new Saved Games service.


• And that should be it! The next time your user loads up your game, it will find their saved data in the new Saved Games service, and they'll be all set.


• We've built a sample app that demonstrates how to perform these steps in your application, so we encourage you to check it out.

In a few months, we will be modifying the old AppState service to be read-only. You'll still be able to read your user's old cloud save games and transfer them to the new Saved Games service, but you'll no longer be able to save games using the old service. We are evaluating early Q2 of 2015 to make this change, which should give you enough time to push your "start using Saved Games" update to the world.

If you want to find out more about Saved Games and how they work, feel free to review our documentation, our sample applications, or our Game On! videos. And we look forward to many more hours of gaming, no matter how many times we switch devices.

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