**Hearthstone Coming to Android**

BlizzCon 2014 was a significant event for gamers, and one of the announcements that sparked excitement among fans was the release date of Hearthstone on Android. During the keynote address, it was revealed that Android tablets would be getting the game sometime in December, with a phone version coming for iOS and Android sometime in January. The card game has already gained massive popularity, and mobile users have been patiently waiting for its release on their devices.

**New Game of Thrones Title Announced**

Telltale Games, known for creating popular titles like The Walking Dead, has announced a new Game of Thrones game set to launch soon. The game revolves around House Forester, which although played a minor role in the books and TV show, is an interesting choice for the title. Players will take on the role of a member of House Forester trying to save the house from destruction. While Android was not specifically mentioned alongside iOS as part of the announcement, considering The Walking Dead games are already available on Android, it's likely that this new Game of Thrones game will also be released on the platform.

**New Family-Friendly Games Added to Google Chromecast**

Google has added a number of family-friendly games to their Chromecast lineup, making them available for streaming right now. Some of the titles include Wheel of Fortune, Monopoly Dash, Connect 4 Quads, Scrabble Blitz, and Big Web Quiz, which uses Google's Knowledge Graph to ask users questions. These games are designed with a family-friendly atmosphere in mind and aim to provide a more casual gaming experience.

**Google Keep and Google Keyboard Get Material Design Updates**

Google has updated its popular apps, Google Keep and Google Keyboard, both of which now feature the latest Material Design aesthetic. While the updates don't bring any new features, they do improve performance, fix bugs, and enhance the overall user experience. Google Keep now has a more polished look, while Google Keyboard offers two new themes: Material Light and Material Dark.

**Trending Applications**

As always, we're rounding up some of the trending applications on Android. If you want to check out these apps or learn more about them, be sure to visit our written companion in the video description below. You'll find download links for each app, so you can try them out yourself.

**HTC Camera and Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution 2**

HTC has been pushing its proprietary applications onto the Google Play Store for faster updates. The latest such app is a camera application called Better Camera, which offers features like white balance control, ISO adjustment, and even allows for HDR video recording on devices running Android 4.3 and up.

Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution 2 was released on Android last week and has received mixed reviews. While it's an interesting strategy game with new content like civilizations, leaders, units, technology, and more, there have been some release day hiccups, similar to those experienced by Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. If you're considering purchasing the game, it might be worth waiting a week or two before doing so.

**Google Messenger Now Available**

Finally, Google has released its official text messaging app, Google Messenger, alongside the Nexus 6. The app is available for Android devices running 4.1 and up, features Material Design, and includes management features like easy search, blocking SMS senders, audio messages, and Emoji support. As always, Google Messenger is free with no in-app purchases.

**Android Authority App Guide**

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**Written Companion**

For those interested in learning more or downloading these applications, visit our written companion in the video description below. You'll find all the necessary information, including download links for each app, so you can try them out yourself.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhello again ladies and gentlemen I'm Joe hindy the Android authority app guy and welcome back to Google Play weekly this week we have more material design some awesome games coming soon and some awesome games now so let's get to it in our first bit of news this week YouTube is launching its Subscription Service in beta next week we've heard a lot about music key it's kind of a mixture between Google Play all access and the long awaited ability to watch videos without advertising it'll start at the promotional value of $7.99 before being bumped up to $9.99 later and includes 20 million tracks adree videos exclusive band content and concert recordings if you're lucky enough to snag a beta invite you'll get 6 months for free so it's likely safe to assume that it'll launch sometime in that time frame we finally have a solid time frame on when Hearthstone is coming to Android at BlizzCon 2014 during the keynote address it was said that Android tablets will be getting the game sometime in December with a phone version coming for IOS and Android sometime in January the card game is already massively popular and mobile users have been surprisingly patient about waiting for it your wait will be over soon at least if you own an Android tablet Telltale Games makers of the popular Walking Dead title on Android has just announced a new Game of Thrones game the game revolves around house Forester which although part of the books hasn't played that big of a role in the TV show which is frankly a perfect place for the game to go you'll play as a member of House Forester who is trying to save the house from destruction Android wasn't specifically announced along with everybody else but The Walking Dead games are on Android so we assume this will make it there eventually Google has added a number of family-friendly games to their chomecast lineup and they're available right now some of the titles include Wheel of Fortune Monopoly Dash Connect 4 quads Scrabble Blitz and a game called Big web quiz which uses Google's Knowledge Graph to ask you a bunch of questions obviously this is aimed at a more familyfriendly atmosphere and not for the hardcore Gamers but that's part of the reason why Android TV exists these games are available right now and you can get a link to them in the written companion below and our last bit of news this week Google keep and Google keyboard both got their material design updates Google keep now has the new material design which actually doesn't make it look all that different because it was pretty close to material design already there were no new features just some bug fixes performance improvements and the new material design Google keyboard also got its material update and it comes with two themes which are material light and material dark these will be added to the hollow light and Hollow dark so you'll have a total of four themes to play with other than the new themes not much else was changed so who wants to see some trending applications as usual if you want to check any of these applications out you can find the links in the written companion which is in the video description below first up is HTC camera HTC has been systematically putting their proprietary applications on the Google Play Store for faster updating and it's a practice that should be applauded unfortunately only HTC devices can get it so if you don't have one you can't get this a better camera is a solid camera application that offers some desirable features it tries to mimic a DSLR camera experience by giving you control over things like white balance in ISO and even allows for HDR video recording on devices running Android 4.3 and up it's a solid option if you're looking for a camera app and there are some fun features if your device supports them Sid Meer Civilization Revolution 2 was released on Android this last week and it's a great strategy game if you like those it features a bunch of new content including new civilizations leaders units technology and more it is having some release day hiccups much like Grand Theft Auto San Andreas did so you may want to wait a week or two before buying it it's a little expensive but there are no in app purchases messenger is Google's official text messaging app that was released alongside the Nexus 6 it's available for Android devices running 4.1 and up and includes material design along with some management features like easy search the ability to block SMS senders audio messages and Emoji support it's free with no inapp purchases if you're looking for a new text messaging app if you want to check out the latest news and reviews about Android apps and games head on over to androidauthority.com click on the little menu thingy and check out the application section and if you want to join the discussion head on over to androidauthority.com Community set up an account and join us in the forums I will see you there once again I'm Joe hendy the Android authority app guide while you're here why not subscribe to the Android authority YouTube channel if you're hanging out for a minute we have a couple of Awesome videos for you to watch right over there and they're also linked in the video description below for you folks on mobile finally don't forget to check out the written companion in the video description below because that's where you're going to find all of the download links as always thanks for watching everybody and have a wonderful day nhello again ladies and gentlemen I'm Joe hindy the Android authority app guy and welcome back to Google Play weekly this week we have more material design some awesome games coming soon and some awesome games now so let's get to it in our first bit of news this week YouTube is launching its Subscription Service in beta next week we've heard a lot about music key it's kind of a mixture between Google Play all access and the long awaited ability to watch videos without advertising it'll start at the promotional value of $7.99 before being bumped up to $9.99 later and includes 20 million tracks adree videos exclusive band content and concert recordings if you're lucky enough to snag a beta invite you'll get 6 months for free so it's likely safe to assume that it'll launch sometime in that time frame we finally have a solid time frame on when Hearthstone is coming to Android at BlizzCon 2014 during the keynote address it was said that Android tablets will be getting the game sometime in December with a phone version coming for IOS and Android sometime in January the card game is already massively popular and mobile users have been surprisingly patient about waiting for it your wait will be over soon at least if you own an Android tablet Telltale Games makers of the popular Walking Dead title on Android has just announced a new Game of Thrones game the game revolves around house Forester which although part of the books hasn't played that big of a role in the TV show which is frankly a perfect place for the game to go you'll play as a member of House Forester who is trying to save the house from destruction Android wasn't specifically announced along with everybody else but The Walking Dead games are on Android so we assume this will make it there eventually Google has added a number of family-friendly games to their chomecast lineup and they're available right now some of the titles include Wheel of Fortune Monopoly Dash Connect 4 quads Scrabble Blitz and a game called Big web quiz which uses Google's Knowledge Graph to ask you a bunch of questions obviously this is aimed at a more familyfriendly atmosphere and not for the hardcore Gamers but that's part of the reason why Android TV exists these games are available right now and you can get a link to them in the written companion below and our last bit of news this week Google keep and Google keyboard both got their material design updates Google keep now has the new material design which actually doesn't make it look all that different because it was pretty close to material design already there were no new features just some bug fixes performance improvements and the new material design Google keyboard also got its material update and it comes with two themes which are material light and material dark these will be added to the hollow light and Hollow dark so you'll have a total of four themes to play with other than the new themes not much else was changed so who wants to see some trending applications as usual if you want to check any of these applications out you can find the links in the written companion which is in the video description below first up is HTC camera HTC has been systematically putting their proprietary applications on the Google Play Store for faster updating and it's a practice that should be applauded unfortunately only HTC devices can get it so if you don't have one you can't get this a better camera is a solid camera application that offers some desirable features it tries to mimic a DSLR camera experience by giving you control over things like white balance in ISO and even allows for HDR video recording on devices running Android 4.3 and up it's a solid option if you're looking for a camera app and there are some fun features if your device supports them Sid Meer Civilization Revolution 2 was released on Android this last week and it's a great strategy game if you like those it features a bunch of new content including new civilizations leaders units technology and more it is having some release day hiccups much like Grand Theft Auto San Andreas did so you may want to wait a week or two before buying it it's a little expensive but there are no in app purchases messenger is Google's official text messaging app that was released alongside the Nexus 6 it's available for Android devices running 4.1 and up and includes material design along with some management features like easy search the ability to block SMS senders audio messages and Emoji support it's free with no inapp purchases if you're looking for a new text messaging app if you want to check out the latest news and reviews about Android apps and games head on over to androidauthority.com click on the little menu thingy and check out the application section and if you want to join the discussion head on over to androidauthority.com Community set up an account and join us in the forums I will see you there once again I'm Joe hendy the Android authority app guide while you're here why not subscribe to the Android authority YouTube channel if you're hanging out for a minute we have a couple of Awesome videos for you to watch right over there and they're also linked in the video description below for you folks on mobile finally don't forget to check out the written companion in the video description below because that's where you're going to find all of the download links as always thanks for watching everybody and have a wonderful day n\n"