Google Play Awards 2018: Google has announced the best Android apps of the year!

In 2016, Google launched the Google Play Awards, a ceremony aimed at rewarding developers of the best Android apps available on the Google Play Store. Google uses a variety of criteria to select apps for its ranking, including usability, creativity, innovation, entertainment offered, user experience, and Play Store ratings.

Google Play Awards 2018: Here are the best Android apps of the year, according to Google

As part of the Google I/O 2018 conference this year, the company ranked the winning apps in 9 categories. 5 applications competed in each category. To discover the full list of contestants and choose your favourite, Go to Android Developers page.

• in category best health appGoogle chose to reward Simple Habit Meditation. A meditation app that promises to reduce stress, increase focus and calm your nerves in just 5 minutes: Download Simple Habit Meditation from Play Store.

• in the section Better accessibility experienceMountain View firm highlighted Be My Eyes, an aid app for the blind. Via a live video link, the app allows you to: “Check out a blind in need” and help him with a few minutes in a daily task: Download Be My Eyes from Play Store

• Khan Academy later awarded as application Better social impact. The application offers you a library. “More than 10,000 videos, exercises and articles” math, science, literature, computer science, etc. You can learn almost anything with Khan Academy in the following fields: Download Khan Academy from Play Store

• in category Best Indie GameGoogle focused The Old Man’s Journeyoriginal hand-drawn graphics, a touching story and “sweet puzzle”: Download Old Man’s Journey from Play Story

• Since Best Community Building GameGoogle selected Choose your Episode Story. This is a multi-scenario game that you play as a young man or a young girl. Available in English only: Download Episode Choose Your Story in Play Store

• in category The best augmented reality/virtual reality experienceGoogle awarded BBC World Life in VRAn app that lets you explore nature, forest or oceans using the Google Daydream headset: Download BBC Earth Life in VR from the Play Store

• Offer in the application category Best Experience for Emerging MarketsGoogle selected Flipkart Online Shopping AppA shopping app that lets you buy online for up to 80 product categories: Download Flipkart Online Shopping App from Play Store

• in the section rising startGoogle chose to reward Canva – Free Photo Editor and Graphic Design ToolAn application that will allow you to easily create great designs without having to resort to professional software: Download Canva – Free Photo Editor & Graphic Design Tool from Play Store

• Finally, in the category Biggest HitGoogle selected Empires & Puzzles: RPG QuestA fairly classic RPG game that combines the stages of war, construction and thinking: Download Empire & Puzzles: RPG Quest from Play Store