(Beta 74 fixes a crashing bug but adds nothing new, so the previous notes remain in place.)

Beta 73 adds two new features, snapshots of in-progress games displayed as part of the main Games List screen, and the ability to send invitations by tapping your device against the one you want to invite (using "Near Field Communication", or NFC, which Google brands "Android beaming".)

Both features are optional. NFC is off by default, so you have to enable it via Google's system Preferences app. And snapshots, while on by default, can be disabled (or resized to better fit your screen) in Crosswords' App Preferences section under Appearances.

New with this release

• Add thumbnails of board to main screen
• Add ability to invite via NFC
• Use Actionbar and select/act pattern on Wordlist Browser screen
• Highlight most recently opened game in Games List screen by default
• Disable SMS on KitKat (Android 4.4) devices: Google's broken some behavior it depended on
• Disable hiding title bar on devices with Action Bar or without a menu key
• Make tile borders thicker when selected in trade mode
• Refuse to create more than one game from an invitation
• Add the.freedictionary.com lookup for German words
• Fix disappearing games bug
• Fix wordlist crasher (Thanks BM!)

Next up

• Fix SMS play for KitKat
• Use Actionbar and select/act pattern on more screens
• Offer "Rematch" when game's over

(The full changelog is here.)

Please remember that this is beta software. Please let me know (at eehouse@eehouse.org) what's broken and what features you'd most like to see.

Thanks!
--Eric