Google Play Awards 2017
Table of contents:
- Best App: Memrise
- Best Game: Transformers Fighters
- Best Multiplayer Game: Hearthstone
- Best Kids App: Animal Jam
- Indie Spotlight: Mushroom 11
- Featured Startup: Hooked
- Best Android Wear Experience: Runtastic
- Best VR Experience: Woorld
- Best TV Experience: Redbull TV
- Best Social Impact: ShareTheMeal
- Best Accessibility Experience: IFTTT
Year after year Google continues to select the best applications and games available for its mobile platform: Android. This is the Google Play Awards. Taking advantage of the event for developers, Google I/O, every year it reveals the list of winners Who are they? Well, the applications and developments with better aesthetics, better performance and other characteristics. All this gathered in a list of 10 applications:
Best App: Memrise
It is attractive, its design is striking and its interface is very intuitive. Qualities that have led this language application to win the award. With it you can learn Spanish, French, German, English, Japanese, Chinese and more.
Best Game: Transformers Fighters
Apparently the Transformers game goes beyond a mere marketing tool. For the people of Google, it has strong and engaging mechanics. The fights between the Autobots, Decepticons, Predacons and Maximals now have their recognition.
Best Multiplayer Game: Hearthstone
This is a title well known to lovers of card and strategy games. A game in which to face people from all over the world with demanding but engaging mechanics. Now it has a place in the Google Play Awards.
Best Kids App: Animal Jam
This is a game that enhances the creativity of the little ones. In it they can create their own animal friends and adopt pets.For Google, together with the values educational and exploration,are the necessary keys to succeed in this award.
Indie Spotlight: Mushroom 11
In the independent category, he has won a game of mushrooms. The final finish of this game, in addition to its design and mechanics are its key features. The title consists of driving a mushroom across the stage The result is disturbingly entertaining.
Featured Startup: Hooked
This is a very curious approach. In this application, stories of terror and tension are told through chat conversations. As if it were WhatsApp. Its freshness has earned it recognition from the Google Play Awards.
Best Android Wear Experience: Runtastic
The application for measuring physical activity has passed with glory through the smart watches. Its integration with Google Fit has surely had something to do with it. According to Google, this 2017 is the best application to wear on Android watches.
Best VR Experience: Woorld
No wonder the award of this application. As in Pokémon GO, it is capable of mixing reality with a virtual world. Something that is especially enjoyed through virtual reality glasses. Transform your environment into a story or a game.
Best TV Experience: Redbull TV
Android has also been on television for some time, and recognizes it with this award. The Redbull application is the one that has been able to best adapt the interface and its way of using it to this platform.
Best Social Impact: ShareTheMeal
This is a United Nations application that seeks to eradicate hunger. With the touch of a button it is possible to donate 40 cents, which is equivalent to the price of a meal.
Best Accessibility Experience: IFTTT
The IFTTT app is not only useful for automating tasks. For Google it is also a basic tool for people with special needs or disabilities. Recognition is the way to get noticed.