{"id":54429,"date":"2013-10-31T22:33:04","date_gmt":"2013-10-31T20:33:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/?p=54429"},"modified":"2025-07-02T01:03:36","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T08:03:36","slug":"the-softonic-minute-google-the-walking-dead-facebook-messenger-and-battlefield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/the-softonic-minute-google-the-walking-dead-facebook-messenger-and-battlefield\/","title":{"rendered":"The Softonic Minute: Google, The Walking Dead, Facebook Messenger and Battlefield 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Google updates <strong>Google+<\/strong> and <strong>Hangouts<\/strong> to prepare for Android 4.4 KitKat, <strong>The Walking Dead<\/strong> gets a sequel, <strong>Facebook Messenger<\/strong> is revamped for iOS and Android, and <strong>Battlefield 4<\/strong> is released. Check out this week&#8217;s hottest software news on a special Halloween edition of The Softonic Minute.<\/p>\n<p><object><\/object><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/the-walking-dead-season-2-trailer-shows-clementines-return\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Walking Dead gets a sequel<\/a>. The adventure returns in 2014 in a 5-part episodic release, with new episodes available for download on a regular basis. The protagonist is the young Clementine, returning from season one. Do you have what it takes to return to this zombie apocalypse?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/facebook-redesigns-messenger-for-android-and-ios-removes-sms-functionality\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook redesigns Messenger<\/a>. Facebook has completely revamped the interface for its messaging client. The redesigned app is sleeker and fits much better with the new design of iOS 7 and Android\u2019s Holo interface . With this update, Facebook appears to be taking on messaging rival WhatsApp, but we\u2019ll have to wait and see if it succeeds.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/dice-details-battelfield-4-beta-feedback\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Battlefield 4 starts a new gaming war<\/a>. The war game from Electronic Arts was released this week, ahead of the release of its rival, <a href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/call-of-duty-ghosts-minimum-pc-requirements-confirmed\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Call of Duty: Ghosts<\/a>. Battlefield 4 has hidden all its gems in multiplayer mode: maps that change suddenly, a ton of vehicles to control and, as expected, more realistic war.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/google-hangouts-for-android-gets-location-sharing-animated-gifs-and-sms-integration\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google prepares for Android 4.4<\/a>. <strong>Hangouts<\/strong> and <strong>Google+<\/strong> were updated this week in preparation for the highly anticipated release of Android 4.4 KitKat. Google+ now includes a smart photo and video editor that can edit and manage files automatically, while Hangouts was integrated with SMS, location sharing, and support for GIFS!<\/p>\n<p>Check out all of our past Softonic Minutes <a href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/t\/softonic-minute\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google updates Google+ and Hangouts to prepare for Android 4.4 KitKat, The Walking Dead gets a sequel, Facebook Messenger is revamped for iOS and Android, and Battlefield 4 is released. Check out this week&#8217;s hottest software news on a special Halloween edition of The Softonic Minute. The Walking Dead gets a sequel. The adventure returns &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/the-softonic-minute-google-the-walking-dead-facebook-messenger-and-battlefield\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Softonic Minute: Google, The Walking Dead, Facebook Messenger and Battlefield 4&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2039,"featured_media":54434,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[],"tags":[2666],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-54429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionthe-walking-dead"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2039"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54429"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54429\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":331888,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54429\/revisions\/331888"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54429"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=54429"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=54429"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=54429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}