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Must Have Android Apps and Games? (Part II)

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  • #32
    OldMrBrennan83
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  • #33
    Slattsy
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    What's the best irish news app lads?


  • #34
    moonboy52
    Registered Users Posts: 2,186 ✭✭✭moonboy52


    Slattsy wrote:
    What's the best irish news app lads?


    I guess it depends on one's political slant.

    But I use Google Play Newsstand, The Guardian and The Journal.

    Plus Reddit of course.


  • #35
    OldMrBrennan83
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  • #36
    Slattsy
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    Never got the reddit hype and the journal is what I currently have, its only ok.

    Maybe going via the browser is the way to go.


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  • #37
    flazio
    Registered Users Posts: 12,800 ✭✭✭✭flazio


    I have the BBC News app, and whenever the app sends a breaking news alert, it notifies by playing the BBC News theme. Anytime I hear it I think"Oh carp, now what's happened."


  • #38
    Mantis Toboggan
    Registered Users Posts: 17,652 ✭✭✭✭Mantis Toboggan


    Google now launcher will be gone in a few weeks.

    Is Nova still the go to launcher after Google now?

    Free Palestine 🇵🇸



  • #39
    OldMrBrennan83
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  • #40
    Slattsy
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    Yeah Nova unreal, and recently went to Prime for a few bob, its worth it.


  • #41
    smilerf
    Registered Users Posts: 2,579 ✭✭✭smilerf


    Tyson Fury wrote: »
    Google now launcher will be gone in a few weeks.

    Is Nova still the go to launcher after Google now?
    zen ui is my go to launcher


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  • #42
    nedd
    Registered Users Posts: 2,006 ✭✭✭nedd


    Tyson Fury wrote: »
    Google now launcher will be gone in a few weeks.

    Is Nova still the go to launcher after Google now?

    Now launcher will be replaced with the pixel launcher which is basically the same thing.


  • #43
    54and56
    Registered Users Posts: 7,641 ✭✭✭54and56


    Tyson Fury wrote: »
    Google now launcher will be gone in a few weeks.

    Why? Cr@p. I use and love it on a number of devices. :(


  • #44
    54and56
    Registered Users Posts: 7,641 ✭✭✭54and56


    nedd wrote: »
    Now launcher will be replaced with the pixel launcher which is basically the same thing.

    Do you know if installing Pixel over Google Launcher will transition your screen set up and shortcuts etc from Google to Pixel?


  • #45
    nedd
    Registered Users Posts: 2,006 ✭✭✭nedd


    Je_suis_Jean wrote: »
    Do you know if installing Pixel over Google Launcher will transition your screen set up and shortcuts etc from Google to Pixel?

    In my experience it will not.


  • #46
    OldMrBrennan83
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  • #47
    OldMrBrennan83
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  • #48
    nedd
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    Patww79 wrote: »
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    Tried it earlier on my Nexus 6 and didn't activate Assistant.


  • #49
    OldMrBrennan83
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  • #50
    Tom Dunne
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    Patww79 wrote: »
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    I'm on a Note 5. What do I need to do?


  • #51
    nedd
    Registered Users Posts: 2,006 ✭✭✭nedd


    Patww79 wrote: »
    I had to disable it and get it to update to the beta again as the Now feed itself wasn't working right.

    Having that problem now as well. Nothing loading in the Google app. How did you disable it and roll back?


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  • #52
    OldMrBrennan83
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  • #53
    ThunbergsAreGo
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    Tyson Fury wrote: »
    Google now launcher will be gone in a few weeks.

    Is Nova still the go to launcher after Google now?

    I am really liking Evie Launcher, its really simple and easy to use


  • #54
    marcbrophy
    Registered Users Posts: 6,428 ✭✭✭marcbrophy


    How do you get the alpha version of Google app? :)


  • #55
    nedd
    Registered Users Posts: 2,006 ✭✭✭nedd


    marcbrophy wrote: »
    How do you get the alpha version of Google app? :)

    Google it:

    http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google-inc/google-search/google-search-6-13-5-release/


  • #56
    marcbrophy
    Registered Users Posts: 6,428 ✭✭✭marcbrophy


    nedd wrote: »
    Google it:

    http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google-inc/google-search/google-search-6-13-5-release/

    Nice one Nedd.

    I should have specified a bit perhaps.
    I was wondering if it was some sort of sign up program being ran by Google for testing potential software releases.

    Side-loading is grand, but doesn't that unlink the app from the play store, stopping future auto-updates?


  • #57
    nedd
    Registered Users Posts: 2,006 ✭✭✭nedd


    marcbrophy wrote: »
    Nice one Nedd.

    I should have specified a bit perhaps.
    I was wondering if it was some sort of sign up program being ran by Google for testing potential software releases.

    Side-loading is grand, but doesn't that unlink the app from the play store, stopping future auto-updates?

    This is a leak as far as I can tell and not part of an official alpha. I think they only do official betas.
    In my experience sideloading apps like this does not unlink from play store and you will get future updates.
    Lastly, this did not enable assistant on my Nexus 6. In fact it broke Google now so I removed it again.


  • #58
    marcbrophy
    Registered Users Posts: 6,428 ✭✭✭marcbrophy


    nedd wrote: »
    This is a leak as far as I can tell and not part of an official alpha. I think they only do official betas.
    In my experience sideloading apps like this does not unlink from play store and you will get future updates.
    Lastly, this did not enable assistant on my Nexus 6. In fact it broke Google now so I removed it again.

    Cool, thanks for that.
    Might wait until it's at least beta then :)


  • #59
    OldMrBrennan83
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  • #60
    marcbrophy
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    Patww79 wrote: »
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    Did they really think they'd have enough of a user base to justify a separate product from the people who were going to buy those outrageously priced Pixel phones? :D

    I'm excited for this myself, I had a good experience with assistant inside the Allo app. But the Allo app is a piece of shít. I have never sent a single message through it. It needs serious work to get it useable :pac:


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    OldMrBrennan83
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