Google Play has announced the best apps and games of the year, along with the winners of the 2020 Users’ Choice Awards. The lists are localized and the winners differ by region. Sleep Stories for Peaceful Sleep – Touchkin’s Meditate with Wysa has been declared the best app of 2020 in India. Google said the app was outstanding and a case in point for “utility combining ingenuity and delight.” Meanwhile, Riot Games’ Legends of Runeterra has been announced as the Best Game of 2020 in the country, a game that Google believes offers engaging, accessible, and genre-defining experiences.
According to Google, these apps and games helped users adapt in 2020 and escape when we needed to. The games and apps mentioned below reflect the winners in India, as the list differs by region. Google also has a Users’ Choice App award given to Microsoft Office – Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and more – this year. The 2020 Users’ Choice Game, on the other hand, was awarded to the World Cricket 3 Championship – WCC3.
Declared the Best App of 2020, Google said that Sleep by Wysa was beautifully designed and carefully executed. Through the app, you can explore tools and exercises that help calm your mind through cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia and relax with an evening journal and meditation. Legends of Runeterra, which was voted the best game of 2020, is a game that allows players to adapt, outwit and outmaneuver their opponents in quick card battles.
Google also has a bunch of other categories under Best Apps of 2020. The tech giant wrote how this year, users relied on apps more than ever: to stay connected, pursue new hobbies, and ‘find respite from the noise of the world. ‘. ‘One of the categories is called Best Everyday Essentials, which Google describes as applications that “helped us create new routines in a year of so many transformations.” The apps listed in this category are: Koo: Connect with Indians in Indian Languages, Microsoft Office, The Pattern, Zelish – Meal Planning, Grocery Shopping and Recipes, and Zoom Cloud Meetings.
Another category on the list is Best for Personal Growth, which has apps that Google says helped users with their own efforts, from trying new workouts to building resilience. The listed apps are: apna – Job Search App, Bolkar App – Indian Audio Question Answer, Mindhouse – Modern Meditation, MyStore and Writco.
Apps that received a mention on Google’s list of the best hidden gems of 2020 include Chef Buddy, Finshots, Flyx, goDutch, and Meditate with Wysa. Best for Fun apps include Free Audio Stories, Books, Podcasts: Pratilipi FM, Moj Short Video App, MX TakaTak, Reface, and Vita. Best Apps for Good is another category that addresses mental health related apps. InnerHour Self-Care Therapy: Anxiety and Depression was included in this category.
The games listed in the Best Competitive Game category are: Bullet Echo, KartRider Rush +, Legends of Runeterra, Rumble Hockey, and Top War: Battle Game. The best indie games listed are: Cookies Must Die, Maze Machina, Motorsport Manager Racing, Reventure, and Sky: Children of the Light.
The Best Casual category games that Google claimed bought users “hours of fun in 2020 thanks to their quick start style, enjoyable challenges and accessible design” are: Asian Cooking Star, EverMerge, Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells , SpongeBob: Krusty Cook-Off and Tuscany Villa. The best innovative apps, the ones that Google said dared to be different in 2020, are: Fancade, Genshin Impact, Minimal Dungeon RPG, Ord, and Sandship: Crafting Factory. Both categories are visible in the Google Play application.
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