5 Android apps you shouldn't miss this week! - Android Apps Weekly

• Google now lets users watch videos for in-app goods. This isn’t a new premise and many games already allow for this. However, Google announced a new set of tools for specifically this purpose. In addition, the ad viewing works in both apps and games instead of just games like normal. This helps users obtain premium features without paying money, a problem Google Play has in comparison to Apple’s App Store.
• Metal Slug Infinity is nearing release. In fact, it’s now available for pre-registration on Google Play. The classic games from the 1990’s were 2D shooters with platformer elements. This new version of the game is an idle RPG. The developers boast original game sounds, graphics, characters and weapons. This takes a lot of the action out of the series and that’s why people liked it to begin with. We’ll see how it turns out upon its official release.
• Google announced some new stats this week. The Play Store bounced over one million apps for pre-release security issues over the last several years. It covers a bunch of potential issues such as SQL Injection, various types of scripting, and various types of injections and hijackings. Most of these apps are legit. They simply had to fix the problem before launching live. You can hit the link for more details!
• Nintendo wants to limit its use of in-game purchases in mobile games. The company does a decent job of it with its own titles. However, it also tells developers working on Nintendo properties to do the same. The company simply doesn’t want to tarnish its reputation over a few extra bucks in the short term. That’s admirable and Nintendo’s current freemium games are highly lauded for their lack of aggression with in-app purchases.
• Google Duplex is making its way to a full-on release. Google announced some promising things about the feature this week. That includes support in 43 out of the 50 states in the U.S. along with a promise to bring the service to every device running Android 5.0 or higher as well as iOS devices with Google Assistant installed. That is just a bunch of good news. In addition, since Google Assistant is the one making the call, it once again takes large leap forward in the whole virtual assistant race.

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