What makes a smartphone “smart” are its applications. In Android precisely there is no shortage, with an estimated number of 2.6 million, and this means that there are apps for everything, even for the most absurd purposes. Here we compile the opposite extreme: the best Android apps today.
We will mix here essential apps from yesterday and today with recently launched apps, known and little unknown, choosing only the best for their concept, functions and/or design. We will update this article frequently to add new applications that you should not miss.
Action dash
We would like to start the list with one of the most recent app named: Action Dash. From the creator of the famous Action Launcher launcher, it is the same concept as Google’s ‘Digital Wellbeing’, but available for all mobile phones with Android Lollipop or higher.
Like Google’s digital well-being, it allows you to keep track of how long you use each application, how many notifications and how many times you have unlocked your mobile. It has no tools to limit the use of apps at the moment, so its use is informative for now.
Canva
Have you ever wondered how they make some accounts in social networks to create such good designs? Sometimes it is not necessary to waste the afternoon in Photoshop, but an application with ready-to-use templates, so that you can easily create images for Instagram, Facebook Stories or any other purpose.
With about 60,000 free templates, the hard part will be that you don’t find one that meets your requirements, be it an Instagram post, a birthday card, a logo or anything else, adding your photos and texts.
Feedly
It is important to keep informed of the latest news, if possible without installing the official application of each medium, as they would be too many. That’s exactly what Feedly does, one of the easiest ways to follow a lot of blogs and topics from a single place.
In Feedly, you can keep up to date on any topic, with a clear interface that makes reading enjoyable and the ability to save articles for late and continue reading on other devices (for example, on PC with the web version).
Gboard
Gboard – formerly known as “the Google keyboard” – began its journey on Android as one more keyboard, with the peculiarity that it had a Google button to search for animated GIFs and little else. However, over time it has managed to reach the height of heavyweights like SwiftKey based on updates, and today it is probably the best keyboard app.
With unsurpassed language support, new customization options, floating keyboard options, offline voice writing, clipboard management and more news that arrive almost every week, it seems incredible that it only takes two years between us.
Gmail
The Gmail application for Android is almost older than the Sun but has managed to remain among the best email applications based on updates and renewals. The last one arrived recently, with the new Material Theming interface (and an extra white).
Gmail not only serves to manage Gmail email accounts, but you can add accounts from Yahoo, Outlook or any other address, enjoying a lightweight app with intelligent functions.
Google Keep
Google Keep is undoubtedly one of the best apps to take notes on Android. As in other applications of the company, it started rather with the basics and little by little it has become essential based on adding new functions without compromising its agility or ease of use.
Among its advanced functions, the possibility of adding reminders per place (that is, as soon as you arrive in a certain area) is highlighted, with the possibility of sharing the notes with other people for collaborative editing.
Google Photos
Google Photos is a peculiar case as far as Google applications are concerned because instead of doing just one thing, its focus is a bit scattered. It is partly a gallery application (somewhat regular), partly a backup service, partly a photo and video editor, partly an advanced image search system.
Google Maps
It would be unthinkable Android without Google Maps, an essential app on any device. It offers one of the widest and most complete visions in the world, thanks in part to the collaboration of its users, reinforced by the great coverage of Street View, the 360 images taken by the company’s vehicle fleet.
There are many benefits of Google Maps such as the calculation of routes, real-time information on traffic or the influx of public in a place, offline maps and what is to come, such as indications with augmented reality or radars.