Autumn is approaching, temperatures are starting to cool in many parts of the country—which means you might be more tempted to curl up on the couch this weekend with a good app. Thankfully, Android users have a few new intriguing options from the ay Store to keep them company.
Duolingo has finally added a long-awaited Korean language course, letting you learn from scratch or brush up on your dormant skills, while science app Atom Visualizer is the ay Store’s first ARCore-powered augmented reality offering. And if you’re in the mood for entertainment, then Dungeons & Dragons: rds of terkeep looks plenty engrossing, The lking Dead Encounter is another free AR diversion, iel Tiger’s Storybooks is well primed for any young tykes in your crew.
Duolingo
Now’s your chance to learn Korean on your own time.
Duolingo is Android’s leading language-learning app, with more than 100 million downloads to date, it has gradually exped over time to include more more lessons. The latest? Korean, which just started rolling out yesterday following ample user dem.
According to the company, more than 200,000 users put themselves on a waiting list for Korean language courses, now they’ll be able to dig into the lessons on Android other platforms. It’s all part of a recent initiative to encompass more Asian languages: panese arrived in ne has been one of Duolingo’s most popular languages since, a Marin Chinese course is also promised by year’s end. As ever, the ad-supported app is free to use, although there are also paid subscriptions available without ads.
Atom Visualizer
Atom Visualizer offers a small taste of what ARCore can do.
Mobile augmented reality is hardly a new concept, but with ’s ARCore for Android Apple’s ARKit for iOS devices both picking up steam, we’re about to see a burst of really cool potentially really helpful apps. And now you can try out ARCore today if you have one of a hful of specific phones, thanks to the release of Atom Visualizer.
gged as the ay Store’s first ARCore app, it lets you drop 3D atomic models into the world around you explore them as you please. You can look at them from varying angles, as well as place multiple models around you see how they compare in composition. You will need to sideload ’s ARCore eview framework, though, from either A Mirror or Developers (via Android lice), plus you must have a xel, xel X or Samsung Galaxy S8 hset to use it. But if you’ve got the phone for it, then Atom Visualizer is a cool look at what’s on the horizon for Android AR.
D&D rds of terdeep
It’s pretty crowded on a phone screen, but the authentic terdeep experience is there.
ll, this took a while! Four years after debuting on iOS to rave reviews, Dungeons & Dragons: rds of terdeep ($10)—based on the popular tabletop game of the same name—is finally available on Android. And if you love the original version or just count yourself as a fan of the legendary Forgotten Realms setting, then now you can play it online, wherever you are.
rds of terdeep is a game about influence, as you take control of one of the five masked rulers in the titular city. As a lord, you’ll attempt to spread your influence across the city by sending out adventurers to complete quests, purchasing buildings, either working with or against the other lords as you see fit. It’s playable by up to five people either locally or online, or you can fill the board with AI foes if you’re hard up for competition.
The lking Dead Encounter
Zombies Mountain Dew: perfect fit?
oking for another augmented reality diversion to fiddle around with this weekend? Check out the new lking Dead Encounter app, which is offered up free by TV network AMC … Mountain Dew, of all companies. Essentially, it lets you drop virtual zombies into the world around you, have them scare surprise you as you look around your space with your phone camera.
Right out of the gate, you’ll just have two zombie types to use, but you can unlock more by scanning certain packages of Mountain Dew, more will arrive once The lking Dead TV show starts airing new episodes in late October. There’s not much to the app, but if you love the show, then it might be a fun party trick to show pals—especially as Halloween nears.
iel Tiger’s Storybooks
Some of iel Tiger’s top stories come together in this reading app.
If your kids consider iel Tiger a close friend know each every one of the show’s ultra-catchy songs, then you’ll want to pop this app on your phone or tablet ASA iel Tiger’s Storybooks ($3) is a compilation of five different picture books inspired by episodes of the popular S Kids cartoon series, albeit with some digital upgrades.
Each book can be spoken aloud by iel himself in English or Spanish, or you can turn the narration off read it yourself—plus each scene has interactive elements with familiar songs looped into each story. You’ll also find an easy-to-play game at the end of each story, more stories are promised in the future. For three bucks, this could be a hy way to entertain educate kids whenever you need to fill a spare moment.
