Must Have Android Apps and Games?

waynegalway

RangeR wrote: »

zLauncher by Nokia. It's in quasi closed beta at the moment, unless you can get the APK from a mate.

It's totally minimalist but a breath of fresh air. Just shows six vertical icons on the home screen and the basic phone icons horizontal along the bottom [phone, chrome, app drawar, SMS, whatsapp for me].

The vertical list of six updates itself over time to be your top 6 apps / contacts used. You can then filter for other apps / contacts by drawing letters on screen.

Oh, and it looks much on a tablet. Seems to only be optimised for small screens at the moment.

Definitely one to watch when it's released.

Looks interesting. Found a download link for the apk, but it won't run on a rooted device, apparently.

MoodeRator

RangeR wrote: »

zLauncher by Nokia. It's in quasi closed beta at the moment, unless you can get the APK from a mate.

Nice! I do not like launchers in general, but I found a modified apk for this on XDA and it works great on my unrooted M8.

RainyDay

Mr E wrote: »

Aviate launcher is out of beta and available for all.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tul.aviate

Tried it last year on beta - didn't seem to do much that a simple group of apps won't do for you.

naughto

picked up a chromecast to day
what are the best apps for it?

donegal.

naughto wrote: »

picked up a chromecast to day
what are the best apps for it?

all the apps comaptible with ChromeCast

Let's you stream anything stored on your device, to your Chromecast

corkie

naughto wrote: »

picked up a chromecast to day
what are the best apps for it?

Nearly complete list of apps (Get's updated regularly).

Not for android but a chrome extension : - VideoStream is my most used and favorite.

Mantis Toboggan

Lads I've 3 weather apps!
The weather channel tells me it's 22 degrees.
Google now tells me 17 and aix and yr both tell me it's 19 degrees.
My car tells me it's 20 degrees.

Is there such a thing as an accurate app?

Weatherbug.

Mantis Toboggan

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Weatherbug.

Will give it a blast

seligehgit

Buddy Holly wrote: »

YouTube
Netflix
Filmon
Showbox

They're the apps I use most with the Chromecast.

Forgive my ignorance, don't see show box listed.Have it installed? There doesn't seem to be a means of using it with chromecast?

blarney_army

I use localcast to stream show box to chromecast

BenEadir

blarney_army wrote: »

I use localcast to stream show box to chromecast

Is Chromecast the best "dongle" to stream media to these days? I thought it was pretty restricted. Can I use it to stream XBMC (or another media player) from my phone to my TV? I have content on a local NAS which I stream to my phone over WiFi and I have an app I use for streaming online sports content on my phone also. It would be nice from time to time to stream these to a TV. Is this possible with Chromecast using an app like Localcast?

Ben

naughto

seligehgit wrote: »

Forgive my ignorance, don't see show box listed.Have it installed? There doesn't seem to be a means of using it with chromecast?

I use all cast premiere for show box got it off the place that starts with kick and a donkey at the end:-D

Dozen Wicked Words

naughto wrote: »

I use all cast premiere for show box got it off the place that starts with kick and a donkey at the end:-D

Allcast premium? The app you can legally buy for a few euro, or is there another app?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koushikdutta.cast.license

naughto

Dozen Wicked Words wrote: »

Allcast premium? The app you can legally buy for a few euro, or is there another app?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koushikdutta.cast.license

That's it was on the donkey site and seen it so downloaded it

Dozen Wicked Words

naughto wrote: »

That's it was on the donkey site and seen it so downloaded it

I use allcast as well, most reliable one I've used so far.

BenEadir

Dozen Wicked Words wrote: »

I use allcast as well, most reliable one I've used so far.

So Chromecast dongle + Allcast app = cast everything from your phone to your TV?

Ben

Dozen Wicked Words

BenThere wrote: »

So Chromecast dongle + Allcast app = cast everything from your phone to your TV?

Ben

Premium version works well for me anyway on anything in a format the chromecast will accept. Streams well from apps like the one mentioned above and similar too.

Localcast and Avia do the same I think, but I tend to just use allcast.

Missymoohaa

Still no way to cast american content from netflix to tv though is there?? Maybe there has been developments in this, so that's why I'm asking. I have a sky router, so pretty restricted I'd say. Also if I have my vpu set to uk content can I cast the BBC player do you think? I can watch it on my tablet at the moment like that. Just wondering.

Al Capwned

Hey guys,

Just doing a bit of reading up on the Chromecast - it's something I'd love, but I have an older TV with no HDMI inputs, and not really in a position to change it.

Are there alternatives to chromecast, or is the best way to use it and the required converter?

Thanks!

Dozen Wicked Words

Missymoohaa wrote: »

Still no way to cast american content from netflix to tv though is there?? Maybe there has been developments in this, so that's why I'm asking. I have a sky router, so pretty restricted I'd say. Also if I have my vpu set to uk content can I cast the BBC player do you think? I can watch it on my tablet at the moment like that. Just wondering.

I think you'll experience the same problem trying to cast bbc iPlayer as you do us Netflix.

BenEadir

Dozen Wicked Words wrote: »

I think you'll experience the same problem trying to cast bbc iPlayer as you do us Netflix.

Even if you are running a VPN app like https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.privateinternetaccess.android on your phone and able to watch US Netflix and BBC iPlayer on your phone???

Ben

Dozen Wicked Words

BenThere wrote: »

Even if you are running a VPN app like https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.privateinternetaccess.android on your phone and able to watch US Netflix and BBC iPlayer on your phone???

Ben

I'm just a tinkerer, not an expert.
I can only go by what I use, a dns service, which works well on my phone,laptop ps3 etc but not chromecast. Dare say it is possible by changing router settings to use chromecast to watch US Netflix or BBC iPlayer, bit of googling should do it. I see no need to bother though really because anything I want to stream that isn't available will be on one of the many apps that aren't discussed here.

ThisRegard

The chromecast connects directly to the content provider via your modem/router so unless you've messed around with your DNS settings and stuff like that it will know where you're located so give you the appropriate content ala Netflix, or won't work ala BBC.

Mimikyu

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ThisRegard

Yeah, I realise they're hardcoded into it which is why there'd be lots of faffing about with the router, something I couldn't be arsed doing.

Banjo String

Anyone know of any apps that let me divert certain callers to a certain number.

Ie, of on hols next week, I'll put my phone on divert to my office, but there's certain people that I would like to divert to my personal number?

Example, Joe Bloggs, a customer calls me, he goes straight to the office.

The office call me, they get my personal number ?

Don't know if this is even possible.

donegal.

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30 free Android Apps on Amazon incl. Plex (Fri. and Sat. only

quarryman

Recent a galaxy s5.

Have never even played a game on Android. Rather than wading through this entire thread can someone give a few examples of the best games out there at the moment?

Just go to the Google Play store and look at the chart for the most popular games...well it's a start anyway!

Top Free Games

Top Paid Games

HTH.