Google’s 10 Android App You Should Be Using

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If you are a new Android user who is looking for some free but not malicious apps for downloading, Google might have some great free apps for you covering almost everything from music to document organizing and other stuff. Here, we have gathered 10 best android apps from Google just for you.

Google Now

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, an app which is often compared to Apple’s Siri, is a complete search application with some cool tricks up its sleeves. It can monitor your Google calendar and then show you the current traffic condition and a navigation option to the appointment’s location which is a really unique feature. It can also prepare cards according to your needs. It’s the best search app available at the moment that can give you a fast and easy way to find what you need on the web.

Google Drive

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is a free file storage and sharing app with 5GB of storage 15 GB in total together with Gmail and Google Plus where you can store all your files and share them with others easily. You can upload your images, videos, documents and other files directly from your Android device and share them with your contacts. Google Docs, another popular app from Google is now a part of Google Drive.

Google Maps

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is a complete map application for Android with navigation feature. This app also features detailed maps with 3D buildings, GPS navigation with turn-by-turn instructions, live traffic information and other useful stuff. If you want to quickly find a good place to eat or retail stores near you, Google Maps is what you are looking for.

Google Translate

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If you use every now and then from your PC, you can do the same now from your Android phone. You can use your voice, handwriting or camera for translating and save your favorite translations if you want. However, the offline translation feature and camera input works for Android 2.3 and above devices only. The app currently supports translating text and speech between more than 70 languages.

Chrome Browser

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is known as one of the fastest web browsers out there and now it’s available for your Android device. It looks quite similar to the desktop version and also allows you to open an unlimited number of browser taps. This app also features accelerated page loading, browsing in incognito mode, scrolling, and history syncing from your other Chrome browsers to let you pick up browsing right where you left off.

My Tracks

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is a GPS tracking application that can monitor and record your path, distance, speed and elevation while you are hiking, biking, running or doing other activities. It can also announce your progress while recording and show you your data live. Once you are done recording, you can share your data with friends or export it to external storage.

Google Play Music

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is a great app for music lovers that make it easy to play, share and discover music they love. There are two ways to get access, All Access service (US) and Standard. Using the new All Access service, you can access to millions of songs on Google Play, create custom radio using your favorite songs and get smart recommendations. However, the unlimited streaming of millions of songs is only available in the USA for now.

Google Current

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is a Flipboard like app where you get all the latest news from popular publishers in a beautiful magazine-like way. You can save stories, add your favorite blogs and feeds, get breaking stories and scan unread stories quickly using the fast scan feature. It’s a great app to get fresh news right on your Android device. This app is also known as one of the best apps from Google.

Google Goggles

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is an image recognition application that can search by taking a picture. You just have to point your mobile’s camera at a painting or what you want to search and Goggles will try to look for it in its database. It can also read text in different languages and translate it for you. Users can also use it as a QR/barcode scanner, Sudoku solver and text scanner using Optical Character Recognition.

Google Keep

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is a notepad like app where you can store whatever comes on your mind. Create a checklist, create notes with photos, voice or text and get access to them from both desktop and your Android mobile. All your voice notes can be transcribed automatically and you can keep it as a widget in your homescreen to get quick access.

I hope you liked this list of best Google apps in Android. Which one you like the most?

Top 5 Best New Android Apps of March 2013

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It’s time for a roundup of the best new Android apps released in this month. Here we are going to post our top 5 Android apps of March but you can also share your favorites in the comments below.

Google Keep

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Google is ready to compete against the likes of Evernote with its very own note-taking app, “Google Keep”. Keep is a very simple note-taking app that offers a slick and clean interface but limited features. You can add any type of note, images, voice and text notes. However, you won’t be able to sort, filter them or create different folders for them. A single note can only contain one type of data which is also a negative side of this note taking app.

If you are looking for a simple and fast note-taking app for your Android device, you can check out Google Keep.

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Sleep as Android

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Sleep as Android offers a combo of sleep cycle tracker and alarm clock to make sure you wake up in your light sleep phase. It’s like Swiss knife tool for your sleep as it comes with sleep cycle detection, smart wake up, time to bed notification, sleep tracking, deep sleep, gentle alarm and lullaby features. This app can track your sleep during night and can find the optimal moment to wake you up when you are in light sleep.

If you want to enjoy natural sleep and wake up like you wake up without alarm clocks, you should definitely try Sleep as Android. After the 14 days trial version, you have to buy the unlocker for $1.99.

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Ravensword: Shadowlands

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Ravensword: Shadowlands is like Skyrim for smartphones and tablets, a full-fledged 3D RPG game from the makers of Aralon: Sword and Shadow and Ravensword: The Fallen King. It’s the latest Role Playing Game in TegraZone and looks stunning with its high-quality graphics and ragdoll physics. It’s easy to understand how deep the storyline is after playing the first few minutes. You get to explore the Kingdom of Tyreas in this game with tons of mysteries to solve and realistic scenery to explore.

If you are a fan of RPG games and want to enjoy a PC game like RPG game in your smartphone or tablet, you should definitely try Ravensword: Shadowlands for $6.99.

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Nightsky

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NightSky is a simple yet stunningly attractive 2D physics-based puzzle game that offers perfect touch control and nice sound effects. If you have played the PC version, you are going to find the touch version even more attractive.

You are going to control a ball in the game in dream-like, dark environments with a few options to avoid obstructions in your path. The beautiful worlds presented in this game are broken into different scenes and ambient soundtrack to offer a relaxing gameplay experience. It surely doesn’t offer something unique, but you are going to love this game if you love physics-based games. This game is available for $4.99.

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Ringya

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Ringya is a great phone book alternative that helps you to create smart mobile “rings” just by snapping pictures of any contact list or digital contact list. It’s really amazing how this app can transform paper contact lists into “Rings” without copying our address book. You can organize your contacts easily, share them or divide them into groups without putting much effort.

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What do you think of these apps? Is there any new app you tried in March and want to share it with us? Fee free to drop a comment.