Scotty and Chris demonstrate some of their favourite Android apps and tell you how to make folders for your apps and what to do if your phone is lost or stolen !
Scotty’s picks:
Transparent clock and weather
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.droid27.transparentclockweather&hl=en
Multi-function weather and clock (playstore); sits on your homepage as a widget and displays a weather summary; can also be clicked to enter detailed weather pages and google maps; can also be linked to apps and calendar
Flipboard & feedly (playstore)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=flipboard.app
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.devhd.feedly
Both of these provide news and information from configurable sources and topics
Bookbub….e-books advisor
https://www.bookbub.com/home/
us website: bookbub.com for free sign up (also uk site); daily or weekly e-mail info on e-books… some free; fully configurable for authors and genre; links to amazon, google and others.
Radio garden (playstore)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jonathanpuckey.radiogarden
Displays a globe from which you can go to any country; tap on a radio link dot to get the radio sound; history and jingle links are in the menu e.g., listen to radio broadcasts from the past
such as scargill, thatcher, germany, et. al
Recommended Music Apps
Spotify
Stream free albums and hits, find a song, discover music, and download songs with the Spotify free streaming and music player app.
Free streaming, music search and hits library – Spotify is all that and much more.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.spotify.music
Media Monkey
MediaMonkey helps you navigate, manage and sync large music collections.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ventismedia.android.mediamonkey
Chris’s Picks
- El Tiempo
- Aemet
- Rain Alarm
- Flowx
- Google News and Weather
- BBC News
- Guardian
- Live Independent
- CNN
- World News papers
Check out a huge selection of Pundits favourites from
This article includes two New Apps from Google:
Minitor and minimise your mobile data usage
To create a folder,
- drag an app icon and dump it on another app icon which you want to have in the same folder.
- Tap to open the folder
- Tap and hold on “Unnamed folder” to rename the folder
Find, lock or erase a lost Android device
If you lose an Android phone or tablet, or Wear OS watch, you can find, lock, or erase it. If you’ve added a Google Account to your Android device, Find My Device is automatically turned on.
For more see: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/6160491?hl=en