The most downloaded Google applications from the Google Play Store
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Just today we heard the news of the first Google Play Store application to exceed 5 billion downloads. Quite a milestone if we look at the number, although it is less important if we look at the content. And it is that it is Google Play Services, a necessary complement for many other Google applications and services to work correctly. We are talking about the Android Pay payment method or other tools such as location. It also arrives pre-installed in most markets.Something that detracts from the fact itself. However, our next thought has been to think about which tools have surpassed one billion downloads from Google on more or less their own merits
We have stopped by the Google Play Store to take a look at these tools and try to figure out why they are so used and required by users around the world. Of course, Google has been in charge of developing really useful and capable applications, and it has more resources than any other developer company, but is there something else behind it?
Do not forget that Google is already being investigated by the European Union in matters of Android monopoly. And it is that all mobiles with this operating system, no matter who their manufacturer is, bet on Google Maps, Gmail, YouTube and many other Google services instead of using Microsoft , For example.Is this one of the reasons why Google applications have surpassed the barrier of one billion downloads from the Google Play Store? These are those applications that, surely, are not missing from your mobile.
Gmail
Google's email manager is the second application to reach the milestone of one billion downloads after Google Play Services. It happened on May 6, 2014, and it is a much more understandable fact. Do not forget that @gmail.com is one of the most used domains for email accounts for years. So even though there are many other alternatives, why not use Google's own application? Especially after the latest news such as quick responses. Sufficient reasons for this merit.
Google Maps
It is, without a doubt, one of the most useful tools created by Google.An application that not only shows updated data on streets, addresses, highways and establishments. It also allows us to reach them with its built-in GPS It surpassed the one billion download barrier on May 28, 2014, but it is also one of the tools that It usually comes pre-installed. In any case, having information on public transport, different means of locomotion and even traffic information makes it worth having it in the terminal.
Youtube
The video platform is also among the most downloaded applications on Android. And again it has a trick. YouTube is another of those services that, due to Google's imposition or by different agreements, comes pre-installed in most terminals Even so, it is a basic tool to access to all the contents of the platform.So whoever doesn't have it for market reasons will surely download it. It does not allow you to watch videos without an Internet connection and it has only introduced relatively useful new features recently, but it is a fact that on July 12, 2014 it overcame the barrier.
Applications from other companies
By date, the next on the list is the social network Facebook. His application surpassed one billion downloads on September 2, 2014. Of course, he had been celebrating for some time that his user base was much larger. It was a matter of time before they opted for the mobile instead of using the computer. It is an application that comes pre-installed on many mobiles, but not all. And yes, it is a real pain in terms of frequency of updates and resource consumption of the terminal.But evidence is evidence, and it seems few people can live without it anymore.
It belongs to Facebook, and it goes a few positions below that, among other Google tools such as the one that allows you to go from voice to text. Its jump to the group of billionaires was on March 4, 2015, and it continues to add followers It is the most widespread communication tool throughout the world, especially in developing countries. It is, presumably here, where more downloads have managed to add. In recent times it has added the video call, and the deletion of messages is expected soon.
Samsung Push Services
If we look for another company with an application among the billions in the Google Play Store, we only find Samsung.The South Koreans have also sneaked in one of their tools: Samsung Push Services Something like Google Play Services, with which to run services such as payments, notifications, and many other Samsung tools. Of course, it comes pre-installed in the company's terminals. And surely it is not very popular among users. At the end of the day, its operation is not understood but it generates a great expense of resources. It is necessary for all of Samsung's own services on its mobiles, and although it is well below other Google or Facebook tools, it has also managed to gain a foothold on this list. It reached 1 billion downloads in 2016 on April 19.
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