Welcome back to the Android Police Week In Review, where we round up the 20 most popular stories published on Android Police in the last week. Without further ado, here they are.
General News
- CyanogenMod Set To Bring About 'The Death Of Power Widgets' In Favor Of Quick Access Ribbon
- Verizon 'Max' Offer Will Try To Lure Unlimited Data Customers To Edge Plans (Hint: DON'T DO IT)
- Breaking: Massive YouTube For Android v5.0 Update Brings Brand New UI, In-App Multitasking, And Much More [Updated]
- Google Search Update v2.7 Adds A Ton Of New Cards Including Car Rentals, Commute Sharing, NCAA Football Scores, And More [Update: APK]
- [Developer Changelog] AOSP Updated With The Latest Round Of 4.3 Fixes, Including Both JWR66Y (4.3_r1.1) and JSS15Q (4.3_r2.2)
- PSA: As Of Play Store v4.3.10, You Can Finally Disable Automatic Updates For Certain Apps And 'Update All' Will Honor These Settings
- [APK Teardown] Google Search 2.7: Custom Hotwords, Photo Downloads, Automatic Language Pack Updates, And More
- Google Keep App Gets Major Update - Supports Time / Location-Based Reminders, Adds Slideout Navigation, More Photo Options [Update: APK]
- Chrome For Android Beta 30 Brings Big Changes: New Gesture Navigation, Improved Search By Image, WebGL, And More
- [Teardown] Google Pushes Major Update To Play Developer Content Policy, Kills Notification Bar Ads For Real This Time, And A Lot More
Apps and games
- 26 Best New Android Games From The Last 2 Weeks (8/8/13 - 8/19/13)
- Fling Java Tool Streams Local PC Media To Chromecast, Uses VLC To Transcode Practically Any Format
- Here's How To Enable A Brand New, Totally Different New Tab Page UI In Chrome Beta For Android
- Firefox Nightlies For Android Get Biggest UI Change Since First Native Release
- [New App] Motorola Touchless Control Is Live In The Play Store, Only For The Moto X And New DROIDs (Of Course)
- [New App] Timely Is A Gorgeous Alarm Clock And Timer With Cloud Syncing, A Customizable UI, And More
Devices and hardware
- Make Room: Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 Drops Into AT&T's Lineup For $149.99
- Verizon's HTC One Is Now Available: $199.99 On-Contract, $599.99 Unsubsidized
- HTC One X Android 4.2.2 Update Rolling Out To Multiple European WWE CIDs, Includes Sense 5 And BlinkFeed
- T-Mobile Posts Nexus 4 Update JWR66Y, Brings "Security Improvements," Probably Not Much Else