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Best Android Apps and Games 2019

The importance of mobile apps in our daily life is undeniable. We are so encompassed that now and then we use one or the other app. Among the tons of Android apps available on the Play Store, the following are the exceptional apps Google Play has listed under various categories:

Best Apps of 2019

User’s Choice App of 2019: Spotify

Spotify is a digital music streaming service that gives you access to the content of various artists from all over the world such as millions of songs, podcasts, and videos. Spotify is a premium android app but you can have access to its basic functions which includes playing music which is totally free. It can be played across a range of devices such as computers, phones, tablets, speakers, TVs, and cars. You cannot download music from Spotify in the traditional sense besides you can save it to listen offline.

Best Everyday Essentials of 2019: Boosted: Productivity and Time Tracker

With an easy to use interface Boosted a productivity and time tracker app helps you improve personal and work productivity. This android app comes with multiple features such as time tracking and organizing the activities. You can also view history of your activities in a chronological timeline. Furthermore, you can also back-up and restore your data to Google Drive.

Best Personal Growth App of 2019: Meesho

Meesho is a social commerce platform which enables small businesses and individuals to start their online stores through social channels namely WhatsApp, Facebook, and Instagram etc. It is used by women entrepreneurs, housewives, college students, as well as shop and boutique owners, and anyone looking for a part-time job or home-based jobs.

Best Hidden Gems of 2019: Appy Weather

Appy Weather is an impressive weather app, in particular, the personal touch the developers have provided. You can avail the information in brief or detail as the app provides information in both ways. The app recognizes your current location to avoid manually switching locations as you travel. There’s a feature named Toast Notification which alerts you when it is expected to rain or snow.

Best Apps for Fun of 2019: Ablo

Ablo is a social media chat app that lets you connect with the world and relate with new people across all parts of the world at any time and in any language. With Ablo’s built-in translator there is no language barrier. You just need to type in your language and send. The receiver on the other end will receive a translated message. Overall, the app is engaging, addictive and a great pastime.

Best Games of 2019

User’s Choice Game 2019: Call of Duty Mobile

The game is a rival to the most popular mobile game PUBG Mobile. Both games are published by the same Tencent Games. It is the part of popular Call of Duty franchise from the world of PC and Console gaming which is free to play on mobile. This android game comes with five online multiplayer modes such as Free-For-All, Frontline, Team Deathmatch, Hardpoint, and Domination along with newly introduced Zombie Survival mode.

Best Competitive Game of 2019: Brawl Stars

Brawl Stars is a fast-paced multiplayer battle game developed by the makers of Clash of Clans, Clash Royale, and Boom Beach. It comes in multiple game modes such as Gem Grab, Showdown, Heist, Bounty, Brawl Bawl including limited-time special events. But you cannot select a particular game mode to play as they are randomly selected.

Best Indie Game of 2019: #Drive

DRIVE is an endless driving videogame inspired by road and action movies from the 70s and 80s. As simple as possible, allowing the player to pick a car, pick the place and just hit the road. Just be aware not to hit anything else. No matter where we drive, no matter what we drive or how fast we drive. We simply chose to drive.

Best Casual Game of 2019: 1945

1945 is a long-run shooting game which is a remake of classic arcade experience which includes 16 types of famous WWII combat planes. The game controls are easy to learn and use which gives you the old feeling of playing an arcade game. It comes with great visuals, additional modes, and exciting campaigns.

Best Innovative Game of 2019: Alt-Frequencies

The makers of “A Normal Lost Phone” and “Another Lost Phone: Laura’s Story” has launched a new audio mystery game Alt-Frequencies. The players sail through the radio frequencies trying to uncover government conspiracy acting as a media manipulator. It’s an interesting android game put together with a clean look and convincing set of radio stations.

Uber Cargo Store App: A new way to shop while riding

People generally ride longer distances such as to and from the airport or sometimes the ride gets prolonged due to city traffic. To make this time more productive (from a business point of view) and entertaining for the ride-sharing passengers Uber has launched Cargo Store App a shopping app in collaboration with Cargo. Uber and Cargo first partnered on 19^th July 2018 expanding their operations to San Francisco and Los Angeles. The aim was to sell goods to their passengers such as snacks, chocolates, gums, chargers, beverages, and other beauty products from the car console.

Cargo app was first launched in June 2017. Since its launch, it has partnered with a bunch of big industry players such as Grab & Go, Coca Cola, and SeatGeek.

How do Cargo Store App works?

Riders can download the app from the App Store or Google Play Store. After downloading the app riders need to slide into Uber and scan the QR code on Cargo Box. Now the rider can start shopping from the app. Once the purchase is complete Cargo will start shipping the items directly to the rider’s home without any delivery charges within two to five business days.

Riders can also enjoy the in-ride entertainment such as watching movies on Movies Anywhere App from Universal Studios which the riders can purchase between $5 and $10 each or in a bunch for $15 and $20.

Products:

From the app, riders can shop Electronic products as wells as Cosmetic products such as:

Apple AirPods
Apple Watch Series 4
Away: The Carry-On
Amazon Echo
Bose QuietComfort 35 Wireless Headphones
Christian Louboutin Nail Colour
Dyson Supersonic Hair Dryer
Echo Dot – Charcoal
Fujifilm Instax Square SQ6
Glossier the Makeup Set
Mophie Charger
Nintendo Switch
Oculus Go
Quip Electric Toothbrush Set
Ray-Ban Wayfarer Classic
Tabletop Foosball
Voluspa Crisp Champagne Candle
Wander Beauty Gold Eye Masks

The only hurdle while using this app is you can only use it when riding Uber. You have to be in the car with a driver who has installed a Cargo console and then you can download the Cargo app to shop. According to Cargo CEO Jeff Cripe, about 30,000 Uber drivers in 10 U.S. cities have downloaded the cargo consoles.

Benefits of Cargo Store app for Rider and Driver:

Making a purchase will benefit riders to get 10% value back in the form of Uber Cash which they can utilize on future rides or while shopping on Cargo app during Uber rides.

Whenever the rider purchases from the Cargo Box in-car driver will earn 25% of the total purchase. If the purchase is made for the first time through a new app then the driver will earn extra $1 for each first purchase. Even though shopping costs money it is still a win-win situation for both Riders and Drivers.

According to a survey, millennials in 2019 make 60% of their purchase online. Undoubtedly online shopping is gaining an edge over traditional shopping. This new partnership might help Uber to step into the e-commerce business.

Nintendo brings Dr. Mario World for iOS and Android

In the month of June, Nintendo announced that it is going to launch its latest smartphone game Dr. Mario World on 10^th July. But Nintendo launched the title a day earlier to the launch date. Dr. Mario World a game series originally debuted on NES and Game Boy in the 90s is now available on both Android an iOS. Even after 30 years of its launch, it feels the same with some new twists in the game. The only difference you will feel while playing is game controls. On previous games, controllers were used to moving the capsules whereas now it has become easier with touch screen controls.

Game Developers:

Dr. Mario World is developed by Nintendo EPD a division of Nintendo in collaboration with Japanese company LINE and South Korean company NHN Entertainment.

About the Game:

Dr. Mario World is basically a single-player free-to-play puzzle game where you control your character with swipes and taps on your smartphone screen. You have to play this game within a time limit terminating the viruses with the help of a limited number of color-coded capsules. To eliminate the viruses you have to match the appropriate capsules with the right colored viruses. The objective of the game is to completely remove the viruses from the board before running out of time and capsules.

It is a vast game with multiple locations to explore and characters to meet. The game consists of various Dr. Mario characters such as –

Dr. Bowser

Dr. Toad

Dr. Peach

Dr. Bowser Jr.

Dr. Luigi

Dr. Toadette

Dr. Yoshi

Dr. Ludwig

Dr. Wendy

Along with Dr. Mario characters, there are even more assistants such as Goomba, Green Koopa Troopa, Piranha Plant, Spiny Cheep, Hammer Bro, Paragoomba, and others. All these characters come with different skills that can make the virus busting easier.

Dr. Mario World has a multiplayer option wherein you can play against each other or together. You can watch the progress of your friends and family and also you can give them power-ups within certain intervals to help them out. Play the various mini-games that pop up at times to access new characters and earn new skills. There are optional in-game purchases during the gameplay which could cost you $1.99 to $69.99 per item.

Device Compatibility:

To play Dr. Mario World on Android devices, the device should be running on Android 4.4 KitKat or later versions of Android. For iOS users, the device should run on iOS11 or later versions. As of now, the game supports English, Japanese, French, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Italian, Korean, and Chinese.

Game of Thrones: Beyond the Wall a role-playing game for iOS and Android

One of the most famous and most loved fantasy drama television series Game of Thrones broadcasted its last season in May 2019. There is also news about a prequel in making to Game of Thrones. Transformation of such a famed product into a game is an added advantage for the fans. Acting on that, on 27^th June 2019 Behaviour Interactive, HBO, and GAEA announced Game of Thrones: Beyond the Wall.

Game Developers:

Behaviour Interactive, is one of the biggest independent video game developers. Creative director Justin Jones the man behind Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes has created Game of Thrones: Beyond the Wall with Behaviour Interactive. GAEA a game development company from China and Behaviour Interactive worked together for about two years to develop this game.

About the game:

Game is set a few decades before the timeline of the show, just after Lord Commander Brynden Rivers disappears while ranging beyond the wall. In this game, players will deal with the events in Westeros.

Game of Thrones: Beyond the Wall is a role-playing game. Players playing as Lord Commander need to assemble and lead the heroes into battles against the wildlings, giants, and other dangers of the North. Players can recruit the characters from across the seven kingdoms and command a castle of the Night’s Watch in an attempt to protect Westeros. They also have to manage the characters as they have different strengths, abilities, and traits that make them unique.

After the disappearance of Lord Commander Brynden Rivers (a.k.a Bloodraven and eventually as the Three-Eyed Raven) from Night’s Watch, players follow his footsteps beyond the wall into the dark mysteries through the eyes of first ranger Alvar Spyre and his right-hand man Dramon Blackwood.

Players can use the mysterious powers of the Weirwood Trees to visit key moments from the history of iconic characters Jon Snow, Daenerys Targaryen, Jaime Lannister, Melisandre, and Tormund Giantsbane. With the help of this feature, players can collect different costumed versions of these characters across various game events and further use the characters in other gameplay modes including combat.

With detailed hero interface, players can customize their units by using different traits, equipment’s, and skills. An important Meta layer also exists in the game where players send their ravens to fetch items, tactics, and abilities to strengthen their roster.

Pre-registration rewards:

Players can start registration for the game on its official website and it is also available on Google Play Store and App Store. Pre-registrations for Game of Thrones: Beyond the Wall from the official website will receive bonus characters and items along with the game updates, interviews and more.

More players pre-register the greater will be the rewards.

For 250K registrations 10,000 copper pennies.
For 500K registrations 10 Shards of Jon Snow, The Old Bear’s Steward.
For 750K registrations a Knight of Vale.
For 1M registrations 10 Shards of Daenerys Targaryen, Breaker of Chains.

The developers did not give any official date for the launch of the game but will release sometime in 2019. The game will be available in China as well as other territories.

Chromebook App Hub: Start learning with Google’s new educator tool

In March 2019, Google announced to develop a Chromebook App Hub to help teachers and administrators to use educational tools and apps in the classroom. On Wednesday ahead of ISTE 2019, Google officially launched the App Hub. In addition to App Hub, upgraded version of Gradebook, Early Access Program, and Quizzes in Google Forms, Classroom, and Course Kit are among the new features added to Chromebook.

Teachers often search on the internet for new tricks and techniques to teach or to create lesson plans. Teachers also have to make sure that those teachings techniques meet the required policies. The Chromebook App Hub is the ideal place for educators to get a solution for these problems, to get new ideas and resources and also to learn the implementation strategies.

Epic! and Adobe Spark:

Google has teamed up with Epic! to create a community in the App Hub to showcase the best tools and apps for the classroom. Epic! is one of the vast children’s digital library which offers unlimited access to thousands of high-quality kid’s books, videos, quizzes and more. Adobe Spark will help Google in creating visual storytelling for the students of all levels. Educators can take help of Epic! and Adobe Spark to decide which tools fit into their classrooms and curriculum.

Khan Academy:

It is a free library which covers various topics such as math, grammar, science, history, standardized test and more. According to the marketing leader for Khan Academy, Eirene Chen, “The App Hub is a great resource for teachers, making it fast and easy to find apps and classroom activities that work well on Chromebooks”. EdTechTeam is helping Google in gathering the ideas of using apps in the classrooms.

Student Data Privacy Consortium:

For security and transparency to developer’s data and accessibility policies, Google has partnered with Student Data Privacy Consortium (SDPC) which will assist developers in considering the student privacy implications of their products. Dr. Larry L. Fruth II, CEO of A4L/SDPC says, “The SDPC is proud to work with [the Chromebook App Hub] to provide transparency and openness around the critical aspects of schools, states, and vendors securing learner information”. In order to create healthy digital citizenship habits Google is working with the Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI) and ConnectSafely.

Other Updates:

For teachers, Google has launched a beta program that allows them to create a rubric to attach it to an assignment and let students understand the grading system for their work. In addition to this, an updated version of Gradebook will also be launched which will let teachers view student’s progress. Along with it, the Early Access Program will help teachers to sync grades from the Classroom to the School Information System.

Technology giants like Google, Microsoft, and Apple are targeting schools and classrooms by investing in this sector to expand their business. Earlier this month in WWDC 2019 Apple featured its ClassKit and its free app for schools and teachers. Microsoft also has various tools for students and educators such as Learning Suite, Flashcards, Microsoft Mathematics, Project Tuva, and more. Despite such competition, the U.S. K-12 market is dominated by the Google Chromebook, the reason being its price and various tools for IT departments.

Educators can now find the apps and ideas on the Chromebook App Hub. Google has provided an Interest form for educators and developers where educators can submit their ideas by filling up the form and developers can join the Chromebook App Hub. Google said it will keep updating the App Hub so that teachers and students can find new ways of teaching and learning respectively.

Google Play Store

Google Play Store – App Submission

Google Play Store is one of the famous and most popular platform for app lovers as well as app developers. In one place it allows you to download any app anytime be it too old or the latest, the database of google play store is always up to date which give’s users an ease to use it. When it comes to the app submission on google play store, it allows you to distribute your app to a wide range of users as well as advertise, sell & manage the App performance.

“But as before investing we need to read the terms and conditions similarly before submission of app a smooth plan of the process for app submission should be made and to do that first you should know its pre-requisites.”

PRE-REQUISITES FOR GOOGLE PLAY STORE APP SUBMISSION

APK file of app.

Short Description of App with maximum 80 characters

Long Description of App with maximum 4000 characters

Icon for the App – This basically represents the app and is a unique identity for the app. File format should be png with size 512*512

Screenshots – 8 screenshots of application showcasing different features of it with file size not be more than 3480*3480 and minimum 320 PX (only png format)

Featured Graphic or video – File format should be jpeg or png and dimension 1024*500 PX. For video we need to keep the length between 30 sec to 2 min.

Email or Helpline – This is required for providing users with any kind of assistance they need regarding App whether it be fatal error or handling error.

PUBLISH APP ON PLAY STORE

Once you are all set with the pre-requisites then comes the time to go live and submit app in the play store.

Most initial step of this process is to create an account on google, although almost everyone has their personal account on google but its recommended to have a separate professional account on google for app which can help you to be in touch with your users, answer their queries as well manage your advertisement of the app.Also to register your publisher account you need to pay 25 USD using google payments.
Post successful account creation we need to sign in to developer console to perform all the further action.

One optional step is to create and link your merchant account for
1) You have a paid app or subscription app
2) In app purchases

MANDATORY FIELDS

APK & TESTING– It’s recommended to do alpha testing before making app available to users,for this process we need to go to the APK section of developer console where we will find alpha testing & beta testing. You can use these options and fetch the URL of your app and share it with few testers who can then do the testing and send you reviews. Once the testing phase is clear you can click on publish to make the app live to worldwide users.

STORE LISTING –This is one of the important step in publishing app on google play store. Once APK file is uploaded, we need to go to the store listing tab and update all the details related to the app like short description, screenshots, videos,and other mandatory fields. Once done click on save and store listing is done.Also you can edit and modify your store listing anytime. Apart from these you also need to fill out content rating questionnarie for your app.

PRIVACY POLICY – In the store listing tab you will get a option of uploading privacy policy of your app. Now privacy policy is a very important and mandatory field, as the apps without privacy policy gets delisted and removed from the playstore after certain period of time.

PRICING DISTRIBUTION– Few apps are free, few paid and few have limited free access and then subscription. So it’s important to do pricing listing for your app as well. For this you need to go to the pricing and distribution tab and select paid or free option as per your app. Also you need to select the distribution countries.

When all the three important and mandatory tabs Store Listing, APK & Pricing has been updated then a green check box will appear which you need to click in order to confirm that you are ready to publish your app. Then click on publish and you will get a message stating your app will appear in google play store shortly.

Now apart from these mandatory steps there are series of more tabs which you can fill or ignore as per your app’s requirement.

So let’s get started, let us make the app you want and publish on google play store as well!