5 Android Apps you shouldn’t miss this week – Android Apps Weekly

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Welcome to the 487th edition of Android Apps Weekly. Here are the big headlines from the last week:

• Google Password Manager now has a dedicated home in Chrome. The company also rolled out some other upgrades to the Password Manager service as well. Once it’s rolled out to you, you can go to chrome://password-manager/passwords to check it out yourself. Otherwise, hit the link to see what it looks like.
• Google Photos has a new, somewhat bizarre feature. It now attempts to face-tag people from behind. The bizarre part is that it gets it right most of the time. As you can imagine, a bad hair day and other variables can prevent it from being 100% accurate, at least right now. Still, it’s a neat party trick.
• WhatsApp introduced Channels this week. The new feature is similar to Telegram and Instagram where you can broadcast messages to your followers without needing to exchange phone numbers. Read the post at the link to learn more.
• There’s a chance that Google skips an Android version for Android TV and Wear OS. The company announced its retirement of Android TV 13 in favor of Android TV 14 while Wear OS 4 is moving straight from Android 11 to Android 13. We’re not entirely sure why this is going on, but it could be because skipping a version helps manufacturers out.
• Last week, we talked about Reddit killing off third-party apps by charging them for access. This week, Reddit released several statements in defense of its actions. Eventually, Reddit did relent and kept API access free for apps like Luna for Reddit and RedditForBlind, where accessibility is the goal. Still, the users are revolting, with a protest scheduled to happen on June 12 for 48 hours. Read the links to catch up on the latest.

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