The 10 BEST Android apps and games released in 2020!
Hello again ladies and gentlemen it's time to wrap up the best android apps and games from 2020. we'll do apps first and then game second let's start with
Firefox
Firefox the application technically wasn't launched in 2020 but Mozilla basically rewrote and relaunched the browser with its Firefox daylight update the browser received many of the best security features from Firefox focus its privacy browser along with an enhanced tracking protection feature for better security and privacy the UI was revamped for a lighter cleaner look there is also a light and dark mode picture and picture support better extension support and tons of under the hood changes I’ve been using this as my main browser since daylight dropped and it's way better than before the update and it even uses less battery than chrome does at least on my phone Mozilla has a massive blog post outlining all of the changes if you want to learn more
Pokémon Home
Pokémon Home was one of the bigger app releases in 2020 even if it's an extension for the Pokémon games Pokémon home lets players upload their collections from various games transfer them to other games and perform some additional functions you can even trade Pokémon with other players around the world receive mystery gifts and check out the national Pokedex this is obviously only useful for people who play the core Pokémon games but the fact that you can trade your Pokémon with your phone download the new Pokémon to your game and play with it is really really cool
Plexamp
Plexamp is a music player for people who use plex servers plex is frequently listed as a good alternative to google play music for people with their own music library plexamp gives you a top-notch music app to listen to that music it all works out pretty well the application has an excellent UI gapless playback fade in and out features and you can download music from your plex server to your phone for offline play plex was already great for video and image content but plexant made it great for audio content as well and it couldn't have come at a better time with the sun setting of google play music plex costs money to use but plex amp is a free app
Zoom
Zoom also technically wasn't launched in 2020 but it was arguably the most popular and influential app of the year it had a ton of issues on the onset because it gained popularity so fast and it wasn't quite ready for it but it eventually ended up fixing almost all of those issues over the course of the year it boasted over 300 million active daily users just a few months ago the features are pretty good you can conference with up to 100 people there's a whiteboard feature a screen share feature a text chat and end encryption for everybody as of October 2020. it's far from perfect and plenty of people have run into bugs but zoom's catapult from obscure startup to essential daily tool is something you just don't see very often since it wasn't actually released in 2020, we gave it the runner-up for our android app of the year the biggest innovation in android apps in 2020 was the
Exposure API
Exposure API from google apple has a similar one for iOS as well apps built with this api help track covid 19 exposure without actually revealing any of your personal details it uses Bluetooth to anonymously handshake with anyone you come close to and if any of those people report that they have covid 19 you get a notification letting you know so that you can take the proper steps you can also report your covid 19 diagnosis so other people can be warned if they came into contact with you it's quite the tool especially when you consider how reactionary it was to a global pandemic that started less than a year ago the only unfortunate part is how few regions around the world have access to it and with the vaccine rolling out we may not see the true benefits of this until the next global pandemic but hopefully that's not for a really really long time at least the framework is built in now so we won't have to wait so long next time
Legends of Frontera
Riot games released a couple of mobile games this year the first was legends of Frontera it's a strategy card game where you choose a champion combine cards and defeat your opponents it also has some social features and you earn cards as you play you can buy cards you want but they're pretty easy to earn on their own it's right up there as one of the best card games of the year they also released team fight tactics which is an online pvp auto battler game the auto battle genre is a little bit newer you build a team you duke it out with other players and you hope you wind up on top you don't really control combat all that much but the strategy is delivering the right stuff at the right time team fight tactics is also cross-platform with its pc version and both games are pretty good
Dead Cells
Dead cells is a new rogue venia and one of the best that we've seen in a long time it's basically a mix between a roguelike game and a metroidvania the roguelike portion of it includes mechanics like permanent death while the metroidvania mechanics include an interconnected world it's a 2nd platformer at heart and players jump around beat up bad guys defeat bosses and progress through the game it also has controller supports no time limits and tons of little nooks and crannies for you to explore it's a few versions behind the pc version so players who try both may have different experiences the lack of in-app purchases and the truly great gameplay experience help make up for its slightly pricey 8.99 price tag
Levelhead
Levelhead is one of the best platformers in the history of mobile the game has 90 levels smooth gameplay excellent mechanics and one of the best trailers that we've seen in a long time you can also build your own levels download levels from other players and share your levels with other players thus you get a mario maker style experience which keeps the game interesting long after you've finished it the settings have features for speedrunners if you're into that sort of thing and about the only knock against it is the lack of controller support we do hope they add it in eventually this is from the same developer as crashlands a game that won our best game of the year award back in 2016 so you know that it's gonna be good this is one of the really good ones especially if you like platformers
Sky Children of Light
Sky children of light came out in
2019 but the android version launched earlier this year it's an adventure game
with heavy social elements players explore seven different realms to uncover
the game's mystery and you run into and socialize with other players while
customizing your character to your liking the game has excellent execution the graphics
are pleasing to look at and the music is actually pretty good even the
community around the game is super supportive and nice it's not the most
exciting game and the mechanics aren't overly difficult however the feel and
atmosphere of the game are actually really pleasant it's also good for people
of most ages
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