Highlights
- This year’s Users’ Choice Software Award was given to Microsoft Office.
- The 2020 Users’ Choice Game of the World Cricket Championship 3- WCC3.
- Google Play’s collection is localised and varies between countries.
The best applications and games of the year, along with the Users’ Choice Awards 2020 winners, have been announced by Google Play. The lists are localised, and the winners vary between regions. Meditate with Wysa by Touchkin has been named as the best app in India for 2020. Sleep storeys for peaceful sleep. Google said the app was a standout and a case of “utility meeting ingenuity and delight.” Meanwhile, Riot Games’ Legends of Runeterra has been declared as the country’s Best Game of 2020, a game that Google believes to be compelling, accessible, genre-defining experiences.
These applications and games, according to Google, helped users adapt and escape when we needed them in 2020. As the list differs across regions, the games and apps listed below represent the winners in India. Google also has a Users’ Choice Software Award presented to Microsoft Office this year: Word, Excel, PowerPoint & more. On the other side, World Cricket Championship 3, WCC3, was awarded the Users’ Choice Game of 2020.
Google, named the Best App of 2020, said that Sleep by Wysa was beautifully built and implemented thoughtfully. Using cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia and calming with evening journaling and meditation, one can explore strategies and activities through the app that help ease the mind. Legends of Runeterra, voted the Best Game of 2020, is a game that helps players in quick-fire card battles to adapt, outwit, and outplay opponents.
Under Best Software 2020, Google also has a bunch of other categories. The tech giant wrote that users relied more than ever on apps this year to stay linked, try new hobbies, and ‘find a respite from the world’s noise.’ One of the categories is called Best Daily Essentials, which Google defines as apps that ‘helped us build new habits in a year of so many updated ones.’ The apps listed in this category are-Koo: Connect with Indians in a year of so many updated ones.
Best for Personal Development is another category listed, which has applications that Google said supported users with their own efforts, from attempting new exercises to building resilience. Bolkar App: Indian Audio Question Response, Mindhouse – Modern Meditation, MyStore, and Writco. The apps listed are: apna – Work Search App.
Chef Buddy, Finshots, Flyx, goDutch, and Meditate with Wysa are apps that were included in Google’s list of Best Hidden Gems of 2020. Free Audio Stories, Novels, Podcasts-Pratilipi FM, Moj Short Video App, MX TakaTak, Reface, and Vita are the best apps for fun. Another group is Best Software for Good, which deals with mental health applications. Under this group, InnerHour Self-Care Therapy was classified for Anxiety and Depression.
Bullet Echo, KartRider Rush+, Legends of Runeterra, Rumble Hockey, and Top War: Fight Game are games listed under the Best Competitive Game category. Cookies Must Die, Maze Machina, Motorsport Manager Racing, Reventure, and Sky: Children of the Light are the best indie games described here.
Asian Cooking Star, EverMerge, Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells, SpongeBob: Krusty Cook-Off, and Tuscany Villa are games in the Best Casual category that Google said has bought users “hours of fun in 2020 thanks to their quick-start style, pleasing challenges, and accessible design. Best Creative apps are: Fancade, Genshin Effect, Minimal Dungeon RPG, Ord, and Sandship: Crafting Factory, the ones Google said dared to be different in 2020. On the Google Play app, both these categories are available.
