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GAMING

XboxGame Streaming

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Thisnewappcould

wellbeatasteof

what’stocome

whenthenext

generationof

gamesconsoles

rollsout next year.

It offers twodistinct

game-streaming

experiences:Xbox

ConsoleStreaming,

whichlets youstreamgamesfromyourownXboxOneto

your AndroiddeviceoveryourhomeWi-Fi or furtherafield

viamobilenetworks; andProjectxCloud,which allowsyou

to streamselectedgames, includingGears5and Seaof

Thieves,directlyfromMicrosoft’sservers –no

Xboxrequired.Currently,it’sall in beta,which

meansyou needto signupforMicrosoft’s Xbox

Insiderprogramme.You’llalsoneedaBluetooth-

enabledXboxOnecontroller.

GAME

MinecraftEarth
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Microsofthas
finallybroughtits
augmentedreality-
centricsandbox
gameto UK
Minecrafters,
followingits
announcementin
Mayandclosedbeta
testingoverthe
summer.Aswith the
original,youcollect
resources, build
structuresandcollaboratewithotherplayers.But now, you
canplace your creationsinthereal worldandviewthemon
your device viathemagicofAR. Beawarethat
thegameis technicallystill in earlyaccess,so
thereare afewwrinklesandit maynot runwell
on alldevices.Microsofthas pledgedto improve
MinecraftEarth andadd more featuresover time.

LAUNCHER

Zone

Launcher

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Thisnew

Android

launcherhasa

neattrick–it

providesquick,

single-swipe

accesstoa

selectionofyour

favouriteapps.

Unlikesimilar

tools,Zone

Launcherworksalongsideyourcurrent

launcherinsteadofreplacingit.Itadds

aspecialhiddenspotonyourscreen

whichyouswipetorevealascreenof

appicons,thenlaunchtheappofyour

choice.Youcancustomisewhichapps

andshortcutsappearhere

andarrangetheminto

colour-coded‘zones’.The

appsupportsiconpacks

anddarkmode.

NEWS

GoogleNews
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Googleis
rollingoutan
updateforits
Newsappthat
introduces
bilingual
supportfor
yournewsfeed.
Basically,thisallowsyoutoreadstories
fromdifferentregions–forexample,
theUKandFrance–withinthesame
feed.Toenablebilingualsupport,tap
yourprofileicon,thentapSettings,
‘Languagesandregionsofinterest’.
Here,you’llseethatyourprimary
languageisalreadyselected.Toadda
secondarylanguage,tap
‘Addalanguageand
region’,thenselectyour
chosenlanguagefrom
thelistthatappears.

EMAIL

YahooMail

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YahooMailmay

belesspopular

thanitonce

wasbut,if

you’restilla

regularuser,

you’llbepleasedtohearthatthe

webmailservicehasupdateditsmobile

app,withanewlookandseveraluseful

newfeatures.Chiefamongtheseisa

customisablenavigationbar

(nicknamedthe‘JoyBar’),whichruns

alongthebottomofthescreen.It’s

designedtoletyouusetheapp

one-handedanditworks

well.However,beaware

thatanumberofusersare

reportingproblemswith

theappsincetheupdate.

This fortnight’s top free and paid-for apps

forAndroid and iOSphones and tablets

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