Talk Android Apps of the Week: November 22, 2015
It’s Sunday, the time of the week when Talk Android brings you a report on some of the very best applications we’ve been using over the course of the past seven days. Today we’re focusing our attention on fantastic video editing suite, an extremely addictive 8-bit game, a reliable battery saving tool and last, but not least, a trusty companion for all Samsung smartphone and TV owners.
WeVideo
The first app we’re looking at this week is, a fully-fledged video editing suite for mobiles that enables you to take an assortment of clips shot on either your smartphone or tablet and collate them using a set of seamless transitions to create an awesome short movie, which can then be exported directly to YouTube, Facebook or Instagram.
That’s not all, though. If you’re pretty adept at editing, you can delve deeper than the standard clip-by-clip storyboard to add a plethora of awesome effects to your videos, such as voice over narrations, color filters and overlay titles. Once you’ve finished cutting copying and pasting your film, you then have the facility to render and publish it in HD (720p).
WeVideo is by far the best mobile video editing service I’ve stumbled upon. I find it great for creating short movies made up of both photos and clips to share in my family and friends WhatsApp groups — to keep them in the loop with the fun things that are going on in my life.
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Crossy Road
If you’re a fan of traditional 8-bit action games, then you’re going to love Crossy Road. The objective is to get a chicken from one side of the road to the other. All you have to do is swipe forwards, left and right to aid the chicken in his mission. However, if you get hit by passing traffic, crushed by a train or drown in a lake, its game over.
If you’re not a fan of chickens, you could always splash out $1 to unlock some new characters, My particular favorite is the Scruffy Dog as it lets out a loud, croaky bark whenever it crosses the road. I also like the Jungle Frog as it regularly produces a very high-pitched, short croak that sounds a little like a bird’s chirp.
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Power Battery – Battery Saver
In a previous Apps of the Week column, I mentioned how poor the battery life on the LG G4 is. I did give Qualcomm’s BatteryGuru a shot to see if it would provide me with some extra juice, but it only got me an additional 40-to-60–minutes, so I decided to see if I could find a better alternative. That’s when a discovered Power Battery – Battery Saver.
Granted, it doesn’t have the catchiest name, but it does work wonders. Whilst using it this week, I discovered that I’ve gained an extra 2-hours out of my battery, which, prior to installing the app, lasted for approximately 6-hours. The service uses a complex algorithm to tell you how long your phone will last in various conditions. It then detects all the applications that drain power from your handset when not in use and kills them.
Samsung Smart View
If you own a Samsung smartphone and TV, then the last application up this week is a must-have for you. Smart View is a unique tool, which enables users to remotely send photos, videos and music from their mobile to your Smart TV. You can even create playlists of your favorite content to enjoy with your family.
Getting set up couldn’t be easier. All you have to do is ensure that your handset and TV are on the same Wi-Fi network, launch the Smart View app, click Connect to TV and hit Allow. You will then be presented with a menu where you can select content on your phone that you wish to push to your television.
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