The Android operating system is the most installed on smartphones, tablets and many other devices. Availability, a variety of versions allow you to put it even on a smartphone of your own assembly. After all, you can download, and then configure, install Android, as they say, at home. The main advantage of this OS is a huge number of applications that make your mobile device a small, but very necessary assistant. You can download them from the official store on Google Play. The editors of the site "bestx.htgetrid.com/en/" have prepared for you an overview of the most popular Google Play applications for 2020.
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More about Google Play
To download and then install the application on a mobile gadget where the Android operating system is installed, you need a Google account.
You can enter this store immediately after purchasing the phone or installing the system on the phone, since Google Play is installed by default in Android, regardless of its version. When you enter the Play Market, it will automatically determine the type of your device, the supported OS version, which applications from the previously installed ones should be updated. The update can take place at the user's choice automatically or manually, via Wi-Fi or via mobile Internet (3G, 4G, 5G). However, music from the Play Market, like the Play Market itself, may not be available depending on the user's location.
How to install software without mobile Google Play
It is easy to choose the program you like through Google Play through your computer's browser. After you add a game you like, for example, when the gadget is connected to the network, it will start downloading automatically.
Installation of the APK format program is possible from the developer's site, a third-party site, if the OS has the option "Allowed installation from unknown sources" is checked. At the same time, updating the file through Google Play is impossible, and the user risks his financial and personal information, since the possibility of a virus infecting the device is extremely high.
What are the applications
All programs installed from Google Play are divided into the following categories:
- Games;
- Applications;
- Music;
- Films;
- Books.
Or if you go through a browser:
- Applications;
- Films;
- Entertainment;
- Music;
- Books.
The applications themselves, like computer software, are divided into those that allow you to work with various multimedia files (jpg, avi, txt), communicate on the Internet (instant messengers, social networks, browsers), help at work, at home (business widgets, a healthy lifestyle diary), or simplify work with the OS carrier itself (launchers, file managers).
Payment type
- All content available for download, viewing into three categories:
- Paid - downloading, viewing, listening only for money.
- Conditional paid - some of the functions of which are available only upon payment. These, as a rule, include games, applications.
- Free - Free software, but often with a lot of advertising.
Payment is made in three ways:
- Through your cellular operator;
- Credit cards;
- Through the international payment system PayPal.
Phone memory requirements
Even if the version of your OS meets the requirements of the application, the installation of the downloaded file may fail if the RAM of the smartphone or tablet is overloaded with third-party or default applications. The problem is solved by transferring, if allowed, applications from the phone memory to the memory card. If the transfer is impossible, the smartphone does not have an external memory card, the installed widget does not allow it to be transferred, you will have to delete any widgets or preinstalled programs on the phone. This measure is necessary if the already installed software starts, as they say, to slow down. For example, toys hang, playback of a movie or music is delayed. However, many users make the same mistake when installing different kinds of cleaners, or as they are also called cleaners. Installing such cleaners does not give the user anything, because Android works very differently than Windows. Therefore, such cleaners cannot solve the problem, and since they themselves take up space, the situation is only aggravated.
The most difficult thing is to remove the software installed by default, since the best manufacturers of mobile equipment, in competition with each other, are trying to equip the OS with their proprietary widgets, most of which are absolutely unnecessary, or there are more practical, high-speed Google play. To uninstall such software, you will need third-party file managers, certain instructions. But after receiving the root rights, the warranty for phone service is canceled. Therefore, in order to avoid mistakes when choosing a phone or tablet, one should ask not only which company is better to buy a gadget, what is it for the price, but also what version of the gadget's OS. And also ask what the default widgets for this OS version are, how they load memory in the opinion of buyers.
Once again about security
Above we wrote that if you download APK files from other sources, then there is a high chance of infecting the phone, and then other devices in contact with the phone, with malicious, dangerous viruses. However, downloading even from the official Google store does not guarantee your safety. From time to time in the media some stories emerge, scandals related to stolen personal data or telling about a worm that penetrated through a harmless application and debited money from the subscriber's account.
The advice of experts is as follows, even at the stage of loading the software, pay attention to what the file you are downloading asks for access. What to look for when downloading any applications is their requests for various functions of the phone, that is, how justified their requests are. Naturally, if the messenger is asked to give him access to the video camera, microphone, then this is normal, but if an audio player asks for the camera, notebook, this should alert. Therefore, before choosing, to install the software, carefully read the relevant material about it, the reviews of those who installed it, the developer's guarantees, and related information on other sites.
Ranking of the most popular Google Play apps in 2020
AmoledWalls
As you know, our gadgets are a reflection of ourselves, it is not surprising that we would like to decorate them, give them a great personality. These tasks are answered by a simple AmoledWalls widget that allows you to choose colorful wallpapers for your OLED monitor. There is a similar utility for other types of monitors called Wallhub with similar data.
| Name | AmoledWalls |
|---|---|
| A type | Personalization |
| Minimum required OS version | Android 4.0.3 |
| Price category | Is free |
Advantages:
- Doesn't take up much space (only 4 MB);
- Cool wallpapers of various themes;
- No age restrictions.
Disadvantages:
- You cannot put wallpaper on other programs;
- There is not much benefit from this kind of widgets.
Woebot: Your Self-Care Expert
When a person is depressed, lonely or just lonely, and there is no one to talk to, Woebot: Your Self-Care Expert will come to the rescue. A bot with which you can discuss all painful issues, complain, it will support with a simple conversation, when you are on a diet, fight addiction.
| Name | Woebot: Your Self-Care Expert |
|---|---|
| A type | Medicine |
| Minimum required OS version | Android 6.0 |
| Price category | Is free |
Advantages:
- No age restrictions;
- Home psychologist at your home.
Disadvantages:
- Not in Russian, you have to use a translator.
Google drive
Many people, mistakenly guided by the name, believe that Google Drive is just a virtual repository of your files. In fact, Google Drive has the broadest functionality, where you can create a presentation, spreadsheet. In addition, the program is synchronized with the calendar, Keep widget (desktop sticker), Google Photos. By providing your friends, relatives, a link to the storage location of the photo, video, you will allow them to comment on your multimedia materials.
| Name | Google drive |
|---|---|
| A type | Job |
| Minimum required OS version | Depends on the device |
| Price category | Is free |
Advantages:
- Application with an intuitive interface;
- Will also go to inexpensive devices with a weak OS;
- Huge amount of provided storage (15 GB);
- Reliable level of security.
Disadvantages:
- Work only with the presence of the Internet;
- Recent versions had a conflict when the video file was played.
Wisdo
Another social project designed to help those who are experiencing a stressful situation, who have health problems, in relationships. To share your life's difficulties, you should identify the topic of your revelation, write it, publish it, after which Wisdo will select for you a group of like-minded people who are experiencing or have once experienced the same thing as you. The list of groups, topics for discussion is numerous, from troubles with the skin of the face to sexual abuse.
| Name | Wisdo |
|---|---|
| A type | Social |
| Minimum required OS version | Android 6.0 |
| Price category | Partially free |
Advantages:
- Tops the TOP of the best apps in 2020;
- Large social circle (English-speaking audience).
Disadvantages:
- Full access only for a fee;
- Age category - over 17 years old;
- There is no Russian language, communication is possible only through a google translator.
Shadowgun legends
An incredible shooter, where there are elements of strategy, the ability to complete levels with one team. There are two modes, against bots in offline mode, when connected to the Internet PVP battle. Graphics, sound, gameplay, everything in this game is at its best, which makes it deservedly popular. Phone models that will pull this game a little, especially at high graphics levels, but it is almost indistinguishable from console games.
| Name | Shadowgun legends |
|---|---|
| A type | A game |
| Minimum required OS version | Android 6.0 |
| Price category | Is free |
Advantages:
- Excellent graphic performance;
- Addictive gameplay;
- The possibility of cooperative passage.
Disadvantages:
- The gadget must have high technical characteristics.
QR Code Reader
Simple QR code reader. In addition to reading a QR code, QR Code Reader is able to generate a similar graphic code itself, where you hide passwords and links from prying eyes. Sometimes an absolutely indispensable tool despite the fact that the size of the program is very small.
| Name | QR Code Reader |
|---|---|
| A type | Tool |
| Minimum required OS version | Android 2.3.3 |
| Price category | Is free |
Advantages:
- Can be easily installed on a phone or budget smartphones;
- Decent performance;
- Reads QR code, barcode.
Disadvantages:
- Sometimes it slows down if the QR code contains plain text.
Canva
When an Internet user decides to become a video blogger, promote his site on social networks, or lead his own group there, then, as a rule, he is puzzled by many questions. Which one is better to buy a smartphone from which you could shoot beautifully, and at the same time post how much the promotion of the group costs. But at the same time, for some reason the groups do not pay attention to the outer shell of the video, but it is extremely important. Whether you only have your smartphone at your disposal, or create posts, podcasts on the go, Canva is essential.
It allows using more than 60,000 templates to create shells of groups, stories on such popular social networks as Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Youtube.In addition, at the level of a good designer, you will make yourself a business card, a postcard. This is why Canva is one of the top 5 most downloaded apps this year.
| Name | Canva |
|---|---|
| A type | Art and design |
| Minimum required OS version | Android 4.1 |
| Price category | Partially free |
Advantages:
- An irreplaceable program if you don't have a laptop at hand;
- Large Russian-speaking community of admirers;
- Various types of settings, fonts, make your printing products unique.
Disadvantages:
- Most of the features are paid, so the average cost of using the application is such that it can be called paid.
SLOWLY
What now we have to grieve especially about is the withering away of the epistolary genre. Who needs to write long, thoughtful letters, use an envelope, stamps, then send a letter through the mail? All that is required of our contemporary is a mobile device with an Internet connection function. Sometimes it is not necessary to write enough emoji text. For those who want to re-experience the sensations of literary heroes writing letters to each other, the SLOWLY program has been created. It was invented so that you slowly write a letter, create your own avatar, envelope, stamp, thereby showing the sender how much you value them. He will surely appreciate it by setting SLOWLY for himself. An important advantage of SLOWLY is the fact that free applications of this kind have advertisements, sometimes very intrusive. However, here we are dealing with a pleasant exception.
| Name | SLOWLY |
|---|---|
| A type | Life style |
| Minimum required OS version | Android 5.0 |
| Price category | Is free |
Advantages:
- The best recommendations from users;
- Excellent software for any smartphone category.
Disadvantages:
- Not.
Just a Line
The description of the Just a Line program is rather complicated, so the easiest way to understand it is after watching a video, moreover, multiple times. After all, Just a Line is a very original idea. By installing Just a Line on your gadget, you will feel like street graffiti only instead of paints you have a phone with which you draw while filming what is happening. Your friend, girlfriend can complement the drawings, or vice versa, crossing it out. If your criteria for choosing an application is an active lifestyle, originality, feel free to put yourself Just a Line.
| Name | Just a Line |
|---|---|
| A type | Entertainment |
| Minimum required OS version | Android 7.0 |
| Price category | Is free |
Advantages:
- A great idea for spending time together;
- Takes hours.
Disadvantages:
- Sometimes there are bugs;
- Some smartphones refuse to work with Just a Line;
- Terrain maps are not tied to spawned graffiti.
As mobile devices evolved, they moved from buttons to touch screens, then to gesture control. Maybe your device lacks this progressive method of controlling technology ?! It doesn't matter, Fluid Navigation Gestures will help those whose “finger” navigation of a smartphone or tablet is morally outdated. Fluid Navigation Gestures will make the gadget more modern, though not completely free, some of its services will have to be paid for.
| Name | Fluid Navigation Gestures |
|---|---|
| A type | Personalization |
| Minimum required OS version | Android 5.1 |
| Price category | Partially free |
Advantages:
- Convenient, relatively free application.
Disadvantages:
- Root rights are required;
- Some functions are paid.
Conclusion
Of course, this review will not be able to fully cover the entire list of popular, necessary applications on Android. And surely you, dear gadget lover, have your own rating of high-quality applications, or maybe you know the popular models of smartphones, tablets, whose default applications you liked? Well, write your recommendations in the comments, we are always interested in a different point of view.
