Apps are at the front and center of any smartphone experience, and with over a million apps on the Google Play Store and new apps being submitted to our forums every day, staying up to date on the latest apps and games can be a hassle. At XDA we don’t discriminate apps – if it’s interesting, innovative, original or useful, we mention them. The XDA Portal Team loves apps too, and here are our top picks for this week.
Dreamify is an application that grabs your pictures and runs them through a “Deep Dream” algorithm to create interesting, creepy and otherworldly images. The process was once limited to those who could grab the code and run it themselves, and then third-party image processors popped up online. Dreamify makes the processes of uploading a picture to the image processor (and then sharing it) much easier, and it allows you to pick from several filters and parameters for better control over the output. Want some interesting images to share around? This app is for you.
We wrote about Encore earlier this week, but in case you missed that, here is what you need to know: Encore is an open source music player and music streaming hub developed by Fastboot Mobile. This is a fully fledged music app and with it, you can do everything from creating playlists to selecting the mood and “energy” of a song you want to listen to. Its Recognition tab will also recognize a song playing around you to search your library for it and play it. It has a lyrics tab to help you learn your favorite songs, and it supports plug-in extensions that other developers can create. What are you waiting for?
Tunnel Vision is an app featured on Android Experiments that lets you record your surroundings with original and geometric filters that distort your image with interesting patterns. The app can net you some of the weirdest imagery on Android, and there is no shortage of interesting clips you can get out of it. If you are the creative type, this app will certainly spark your imagination; if you are a regular user, it is worth checking out as it is free. Developers wanting to be featured on Android Experiments should give it a look to get a feel for the kind of innovation Google aims for.
Fallout Shelter was unveiled at E3 2015, but its release was limited to iOS users at the time. The Android version of this game is now out and it brings the quirky dark humor of the Fallout universe to a cartoony Vault simulator. Lead your dwellers to prosperity by managing their lives in the vault, getting them jobs, providing them with gear and weapons and helping them survive and procreate. That last bit is perhaps the most important one after a nuclear apocalypse. Either way, this is a fun little game that should keep Fallout fans entertained until Fallout 4 arrives.
Polarr is a popular Chrome app but now the service is available for Android smartphones and tablets to help you make the best out of your pictures. This editing app is fully fledged with almost every feature you could need. Apart from a wide variety of tools, you can make your own presets, infinitely undo your mistakes through an editing history, and access a diverse filter collection in case you just need a quick edition. There are also some gimmicky features like adjusting parameters by tilting your device. Overall, this is one of the most solid image editors on Android.
Notable updates:
- Hangouts received the awaited v4.0 revamp that made the app smoother, more functional, and better looking. It also brings one of the best Wear apps out there!
- Pushbullet has added end-to-end encryption to make the service more private and secure.
- QKSMS+ is gone, and QKSMS is now 100% free.
- Snapchat’s latest update brings a “Travel Mode”, which disables the Discover feature so that it doesn’t eat up your data.
- LastPass is now free for smartphones.
That is it for this week. We hope that you might have found some of these apps as interesting, useful or entertaining as we did. Whether you are a student, a developer, a designer or a gamer, Android has you covered. We will try to reflect that each week with a variety of picks to spark your interest, and if you see (or publish!) any new apps that you think are worthy of a feature, be sure to send us a tip and we’ll give it a look. Until next time!
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