New apps need lovin’ too, right? Every day there are thousands of additions to the Google Play Store, but many go unnoticed and never receive the attention they deserve. We’ve shown in the past that this community can discover great apps and propel them to new heights. Our weekly Fresh Meat column highlights new apps with fewer than 100,000 installs. Browse our new Android app picks below and let us know which ones you enjoy.

Commandr for Google Now

Description: Google Now Just Got Better. Now you can use Google Now to control your flashlight, toggle settings, control music playback and much more! Google Now Just Got Personal. Add your own custom commands through Tasker to make sure your device fits your lifestyle.

fuseMe By Acision

Description: ‘fuseMe by Acision’ brings the best features from top free chat apps into one single secure place so you can connect with friends and family through voice and video calls, photo share, video share, text chats, location, voice notes and more – from one app! 

Baby Time: Android Wear Lock

Description: An Android Wear app to prevent rugrats from accidentally SMSing China or ordering you a Lyft car when you’re holding them. 

MathKit

Description: MathKit is math formula reference application which contains hundreds of formulas from different areas of mathematics. The application consists of formulas from: Basic Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry and Calculus (Standard Derivatives and Integrals)

Wear Aware

Description: Wear Aware acts like a leash between your phone and your Android Wear watch. It is awesome when you are walking away from your phone or your phone is walking away from you!

Radical.FM

Description: Radical.FM is the world’s most accurate personal radio service, built on one of the most comprehensive music libraries available. “If Pandora and Spotify had a baby… it would be Radical.FM.” – The Radio Agency

Motorola Connect

Description: Motorola Connect allows you to see text messages and calls coming into your Connect enabled phone on your computer’s Chrome browser. You can read and respond to texts using your keyboard and even know who’s calling before deciding if you should reach for your phone.

Theftie

Description: Theftie: lock, locate, track, rescue data on your lost phone, stolen phone or misplaced Android, and take a thief’s selfie when suspects. A great feature of Theftie is its ability to send your data to your Google Drive in case you lost your phone.

BraveNewCoin

Description: Brave New Coin provides in-depth market information for a variety of cryptocurrencies including weighted-average price index, market capitalisation and volumes traded from most international exchanges.

Tour de France Live – 2014

Description: All information and results of the Tour de France 2014. Live information for all stages. The 2014 Tour de France will be the 101st edition of the Tour de France. The 2014 Tour de France starts in Leeds on Saturday, July 5, and finishes in Paris on Sunday, July 27.

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If you haven’t heard yet, the TSA recently started cracking down on people bringing discharged electronics on board some international flights. For the safety of everyone, devices that cannot be turned on will not be allowed onto these flights, so you’ll have to make sure all of your mobile devices have a bit of juice left in them. However, it doesn’t end there.

The UK Department for Transport has announced that, just like the US, they will stop allowing uncharged devices onto aircraft.

In line with the US advice, passengers on some routes into and out of the UK may now also be required to show that electronic devices in their hand luggage are powered up or face not being allowed to bring the device onto the aircraft. Passengers flying into or out of the UK are therefore advised to make sure electronic devices being carried in their hand luggage are charged before they travel.UK Department for Transport

Details are scarce, like which flights will be affected, but it looks like this new action will be a common thing. Whether it’s effective or even necessary is up for debate (and it looks like a lot of people think it’s ridiculous). Sound off in the comments with your thoughts on the issue.

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Google is updating a lot of its apps lately and adding Android Wear support now that two of the smartwatches have launched. Most apps simply mirror existing functionality at this time and show some extra data on your wrist. However, Google Camera has been updated with some Android Wear functionality that may be a bit more useful.

When you open the freshly updated Google Camera app, a card will show up on your Android Wear device that allows you to control the shutter remotely. So you can prop up your phone somewhere, get into a group photo and activate the shutter with a timer from your wrist. Though it won’t be useful very often, it’s still a nifty feature.

Another little change in Google Camera is the slightly updated panorama interface. The dots you have to line up are now much bigger, making them easier to see. Otherwise, the functionality is the same. Grab the update from the Play Store, though it might take a while to roll out to everyone, so be patient.

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