New essential Android apps thread

benjo · 19 Sep 2016 at 13:58

mrk said:
Nine Mail is superb. I use it with Exchange/365 hybrid and an Office 365 account. It's got some great features and is fully Materialised.

It's not cheap, but it's a one off payment and does exactly what I have been wanting without the faff of the official Outlook app or built in Email clients.

Seconded. Been using it for a few months now and it's awesome. Better Exchange integration than Gmail/Office 365 app.

unwashed potato! · 19 Sep 2016 at 15:33

mrk said:
Nine Mail is superb. I use it with Exchange/365 hybrid and an Office 365 account. It's got some great features and is fully Materialised.

It's not cheap, but it's a one off payment and does exactly what I have been wanting without the faff of the official Outlook app or built in Email clients.

does it work with IMAP?

mrk · 19 Sep 2016 at 15:37

Hmm I odn;t know, I know it fully supports Activesync based email platforms

Quinnaay · 19 Sep 2016 at 16:24

Best pushbullet alternatives for getting pushes/notifications from other websites if thats possible? like the screen mirroring feature and the ability to reply back to messages too.

fadetoblack · 19 Sep 2016 at 17:27

Orcvader said:
Unfortunately a lot of sites are like this, compared to the desktop mobile ads are far more aggressive.

Sadly Google has no plans for extension support: https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/35v8gi/we_are_the_chrome_for_android_team_ama/cr8alzk

If you're rooted you can use something like Adaway to block ads, but if not you'll pretty much need to use a different browser.

I found Firefox with the uBlock origin addon to be the best in terms of ad blocking.

Personally though I'm using TugaBrowser which does have a built in ad blocker, although not as powerful as uBlock, pretty much blocks all the intrusive ads.

That's brilliant buddy thank you I've started using tugabrowser is well fast to

this_is_gav · 19 Sep 2016 at 20:21

Orcvader said:
If you're rooted you can use something like Adaway to block ads, but if not you'll pretty much need to use a different browser.

There is AdGuard which works on unrooted devices, and while it's a little limited in terms of how much it can block, I find it does a decent enough job for me

My ROM and rooting days are over - the advantages are outweighed by the disadvantages for my usage.

slipd · 19 Sep 2016 at 20:25

Doesn't Adguard only cover one or two browsers though?

I'd have thought by now there'd have been something more powerful around for unrooted devices...

this_is_gav · 19 Sep 2016 at 20:30

slipd said:
Doesn't Adguard only cover one or two browsers though?

I guess so. Chrome's one of them for the free version though so that's fine for me (I don't have a Samsung phone and the seemingly associated Chrome battery drain).

unwashed potato! · 20 Sep 2016 at 00:07

thanks guys. trying adguard now. will see how i get on. google really need to deal with this issue themselves as the advertising is becoming extremely aggressive on mobiles lately.

L33 · 20 Sep 2016 at 10:23

AdClear is the best you'll get without rooting. Link to xda thread. It'll block ads across the whole system, so pretty much any browser or app. For anything better than this (i.e. Adaway) you'd have to consider rooting.

Father Ted · 20 Sep 2016 at 10:27

Not strictly an app as such but I noticed this morning that wifi assistant which will let your phone connect securely to open wifi networks has now appeared as an option under wifi settings:

Cyclone · 20 Sep 2016 at 16:12

Stickman Soccer 2016 anyone???

For a mobile game its very good.

Another video here

V_R · 20 Sep 2016 at 16:46

WhatsApp updates to add GIFs, mentions; Two Factor Authentication, Video Calls, Bots coming soon:

http://tech.firstpost.com/news-anal...tion-video-calls-bots-coming-soon-336218.html

Gif support! \o/

AndyCr15 · 20 Sep 2016 at 20:32

L33 said:
AdClear is the best you'll get without rooting. Link to xda thread. It'll block ads across the whole system, so pretty much any browser or app. For anything better than this (i.e. Adaway) you'd have to consider rooting.

I've installed it and straight away I see it wants to go through a VPN. Surely this will slow things down somewhat?

this_is_gav · 20 Sep 2016 at 21:26

AndyCr15 said:
I've installed it and straight away I see it wants to go through a VPN. Surely this will slow things down somewhat?

The app tells you when you install it that it's an on-device VPN (I guess it works like the hosts file without actually using it) rather than the remote VPN you'd expect. AdGuard works in the same way.

kona786 · 20 Sep 2016 at 22:51

V_R said:
WhatsApp updates to add GIFs, mentions; Two Factor Authentication, Video Calls, Bots coming soon:

http://tech.firstpost.com/news-anal...tion-video-calls-bots-coming-soon-336218.html

Gif support! \o/

Yay for GIF support.

V_R · 21 Sep 2016 at 07:29

https://allo.google.com/ is now live, anyone think this will this top Whatsapp?

kona786 · 21 Sep 2016 at 07:52

V_R said:
https://allo.google.com/ is now live, anyone think this will this top Whatsapp?

Not a chance IMO. The majority of people just won't be bothered to changeover as whatsapp does what they need with no real issues.

james.miller · 21 Sep 2016 at 07:59

"Introducing Google Allo, a smart messaging app that helps you say more and do more. Express yourself better with stickers, doodles, and HUGE emojis & text. Allo also brings you the Google Assistant, preview edition."

Eurgh. That is NOT a good reason to try it out.

Phate · 21 Sep 2016 at 08:06

V_R said:
https://allo.google.com/ is now live, anyone think this will this top Whatsapp?

The fact that the name reminds of the east end of London which I travelled thousands of miles to get away from.....hmmm na, I'll leave it guvna