Windows Central — The app! was a news & magazines app developed by Mobile Nations. It was removed from Google Play May 6, 2022 and is no longer available for download.
Download Statistics
Windows Central — The app! had been downloaded 220 thousand times before it became unavailable.
User Ratings
Windows Central — The app! was rated 3.74 out of 5 stars, based on 2.7 thousand ratings.
App Information
Windows Central — The app! was free to download. The APK download size was 14.69 MB. The last available version was 3.1.24. The last update was on October 13, 2020.
Technical Requirements
Windows Central — The app! required Android 4.1+ or higher. The app had a content rating of Low Maturity. The app had been available on Google Play January 2014.
Description
*** Now with a Material Design overhaul in v2.0! ***
This is the Android app for WindowsCentral.com. (Formerly WPCentral and WMExperts!) C'mon, you know you read us. A few of you might have even hacked Android onto an HTC HD2 at some point. How great was that phone, right?
Anyway. Here we are. All the stories, editorials, reviews and everything else you get from our site — now in a handy Android app. Plus you'll get:
★ The latest from the blog. That means news, reviews, editorials - everything you can get from WindowsCentral.com, we've go it it here as well. ★ Widgets for the home screen and lock screen. ★ Comment on stories. We know you have an opinion. We know you like to point out typos. Now you can do it easily from our app. ★ Tip us to news stories. Get a spy shot of an unreleased phone? Have a story you think we need to see? Send it straight to us from the app. ★ Full access to the WindowsCentral Forums. This is *the* best place to get fast and friendly help with your Android smartphone, or to discuss the latest news and rumors. ★ Videos: Watch every video we've ever uploaded to YouTube. In fact, watch them twice. ★ Podcasts: Listen to every episode of the Windows Central Podcast right in our app! ★ Wallpapers: You've got full access to our user-submitted wallpaper gallery. Download your favorite directly to your phone! ★ Shop for accessories: We've teamed up with the Windows Central Store to make it easier than ever to pick up the latest charger, cable, dock, headset - whatever you need to make the most of your smartphone. ★ Mobile Nations Passport: You can sign in with your Mobile Nations Passport account to leave comments or to post in the forums. And we're working hard on making this even easier in future versions. 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 might be asked to allow the app to do something — say, access your SD card — while you're using the app. That's a good thing!
★Photos/Media/Files & Storage: These two permissions are used so you can upload 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 to you. It's used for analytics and to make sure nothing's going to kill your connection or anything. ★Full network access/prevent device from sleeping/view network connections/set wallpaper: Gotta have network access to use the internet. Sleeping has to do with playback, and wallpaper is for setting your wallpaper in the wallpaper gallery.
Have a concern about a permission? Ask us! We're happy to help. Email apps@mobilenations.com.
FINALLY ...
Did you really read this far? Good for you. You rock. Thanks for downloading this app. And stay tuned for the next version, which will be even better than this one. Namaste.
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Comments on Windows Central — The app! for Android
★★★★★
I don't know how WC has avoided the ad dumpster fire that the Android Central app is, but so far they still have pretty good content.
★★★★★
I am a long time user of this app & never have any issues with it not working on my current android phone. Additionally, this app STILL works on my old Windows 10 Lumia, of which I still use that phone as an app & music streaming device when connected to my Wi-Fi. The only thing I miss in this app on android is that there aren't catagory tabs on top (Reviews, Editorials, Surface, Xbox, Apps etc) as those tabs are in the Windows Phone app. I'm guessing it is a limitation on the Android platform.
★★★★★
I love being able to read all about windows and surface and all that stuff without having to go to a website! I'm having a little trouble creating my avatar, but other than that it's great! Also I love the widget and how you can put it in Microsoft launcher.
★★☆☆☆
Ads ads ads. Has few real articles. The rest are articles disguised as ads. So sad.
★★☆☆☆
Latest update now has these stupid "Windows Central is running" notifications whenever I open the app. Of course it's funny, I just opened it. Who benefits from this? It's incredibly annoying and makes the app a pain to use. Please tell whoever's in charge of your UX to get rid of useless garbage like this.
★★☆☆☆
The latest update says it tweaks article styling and reduces memory usage. That's all good and everything. But for some reason, it has messed up the scrolling when in articles. It feels stuttery and not smooth at all. Please fix it.
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