Web User - UK (2019-12-11)

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NEWS

Playpost

bit.ly/playdroid 490

bit.ly/playios 490

4.1 11

Playpostisagreat

ideathat’sbeen

updatedtomakeit

evenbetter.The

conceptbehindthe

appistoconvert

newsarticles,blog

postsandpretty

muchanyothertext

onthewebinto

podcast-likespoken

audio.Browsetoan

articleyouwantto

listento,then‘share’it withPlayposttoconvertthetextto

speech.Freeusersarerestrictedto 30 minutesoflistening

per month.Subscribers(£4.90permonth)get

accesstomorevoices,higher-qualityaudioand

morelisteningtime.Thelatestversionstarts

playingmorequickly,improvespunctuation

accuracy andaddsanewdarkmode.

EMAIL

Spark
bit.ly/sparkdroid 490
bit.ly/sparkios 490

7 11

Oneofthebestemail
appsaroundhasjust
hadamajoroverhaul.
Thelatestversionof
Sparkhaseffectively
beenredesignedfrom
scratch,withaslick,
cleanlook andthe
optiontoswitchtodark
mode.Inadditionto
theseaestheticchanges,
Sparkgainsanumberof
additionalfeatures,
includingtheabilityto
customisetheactionshortcutsshownatthebottomof
messagesandsupportforavatars.OniOS,you
nowalsogetimprovedcontactsyncingbetween
devicesand,ifyouownaniPadthatruns
iPadOS,you’llalsogettheadded benefitof
multiplewindowsupport.

MUSIC

MuvizEdge

bit.ly/muviz 490

(varies)

Wanttoturn

yourphoneinto

amobiledisco,

perhapstotake

onDJdutiesat

yourChristmas

party?Then

installthisaudio

visualiserapp,

whichcreatesacolourfullightshow

aroundtheedgesofyourdevice’s

screenasmusicplays.Theeffectis

muchmoreimpressiveondeviceswith

curved-edgescreens,thoughitstill

worksontraditionalflatscreens,too.

MuvizEdgesupportsallthemajor

musicappsandletsyoucustomisethe

coloursinnumerousways.Currentlyin

earlyaccess,theappitself

isfree,butfurther

visualisationstylesrequire

in-apppurchases(from

69 pto£1. 29 peritem).

MUSIC

Amazon Music
bit.ly/
amazondroid4 90
bit.ly/
amazonios4 90
(varies) 12

Inabidto
competewith
Spotify,Amazon
updatedits
mobileMusicapp
toletyoustreamsongsforfree.
However,youdon’tgetaccessto
Amazon’sfull50million-songmusic
catalogue,whichcosts£7. 99 permonth
withPrimeand£9. 99 without–free
listeningislimitedtoasmallertwo
million-songselection.Youalsohave
toputupwiththeoccasionaladvert.
Previously,Amazonprovidedad-
supportedfreestreamingtoowners
ofitsEchodevices,but
thisupdatemeansyou
cannowstreamforfree
onyouriOS,Androidand
FireTVdevices,too.

CAMERA

Firstlight

bit.ly/

firstlight4 90

13

IfyouriPhone’s

stockcameraapp

doesn’toffer

enoughadvanced

controls,thentry

Firstlight–anew

still-photography

appfromthe

makersofthe

FilmicPro video

cameraapp.Firstlightoffersasimilarly

powerfulselectionoftools,including

intuitivegesture-basedwaystocontrol

thecreativeaspectsofyourshots–

swipingverticallyadjustsexposure,

forexample,whileswipinghorizontally

adjustsfocus.For£7. 99 peryear,

Premiumsubscribersget

evenmorecontrols,filters

andeffects,aswellas

supportforuncompressed

RAWimages.

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