Are Google’s First-Party Play Apps Any Good?

Delta Media in latest news 0 comments 05 MAY 2016

Google makes a lot of apps. Some are lesser-known, but many come pre-installed on Android devices, like the Play apps that recently got a nice unified redesign. These include Music, Books, Movies & TV, Games, and Newsstand. But are these apps actually […]

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