Windows Central — The app!

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This is the Android app for WindowsCentral.com. (Formerly WPCentral and WMExperts!) C'mon, you understand you learn us. A few of you might need even hacked Android onto an HTC HD2 at some point. How great was that telephone, right?

Anyway. Here we're. All the tales, editorials, evaluations and every thing else you get from our web site — now in a handy Android app. Plus you may get:

★ The latest from the blog. That means news, reviews, editorials - every thing you will get from WindowsCentral.com, we have go it it here as properly.

★ Widgets for the house screen and lock screen.

★ Comment on stories. We know you have an opinion. We know you prefer to point out typos. Now you are in a position to do it simply from our app.

★ Tip us to information tales. Get a spy shot of an unreleased phone? Have a narrative you think we need to see? Send it straight to us from the app.

★ Full entry to the WindowsCentral Forums. This is *the* best place to get quick and pleasant assist with your Android smartphone, or to debate the newest information and rumors.

★ Videos: Watch every video we have ever uploaded to YouTube. In truth, watch them twice.

★ Podcasts: Listen to each episode of the Windows Central Podcast proper in our app!

★ Wallpapers: You've received full access to our user-submitted wallpaper gallery. Download your favorite on to your phone!

★ Shop for equipment: We've teamed up with the Windows Central Store to make it easier than ever to select up the most recent charger, cable, dock, headset - whatever you should take advantage of your smartphone.

★ Mobile Nations Passport: You can check in together with your Mobile Nations Passport account to go away feedback or to publish in the boards. And we're working onerous on making this even easier in future variations. Hang tight!

WHAT'S (STILL) IN THE WORKS

★ Notifications.

APP PERMISSIONS IN PLAIN ENGLISH

Here's why this app asks permission for certain things, in plain English:

First off, we're using the Android 6.x Marshmallow APIs, which means you you could be requested to allow the app to do one thing — say, entry your SD card — while you're utilizing the app. That's an excellent thing!

★Photos/Media/Files Storage: These two permissions are used so you can addContent images and the like to our forums. They're also used for downloading our podcast and from our wallpaper gallery.

★Wi-Fi connection: This helps us better serve our award-winning content material to you. It's used for analytics and to verify nothing's going to kill your connection or anything.

★Full community access/prevent device from sleeping/view community connections/set wallpaper: Gotta have network entry to make use of the internet. Sleeping has to do with playback, and wallpaper is for setting your wallpaper within the wallpaper gallery.

Have a concern about a permission? Ask us! We're joyful to assist. Email [email protected].

FINALLY ...

Did you actually read this far? Good for you. You rock. Thanks for downloading this app. And stay tuned for the subsequent version, which might be even better than this one. Namaste.

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