Google Play Best 2022: discover the best Android apps and games of the year

One day after Apple publicize the winners of App Store Awards 2022, it was the Google reveal the prize winners Google Play Best 2022, which brings together the best apps and games on the Play Store. With several categories, the award is curated by Google and also receives votes from the community.

Among the highlights is the Giga Gloob, Globo's app that brings together famous characters from children's television in order to encourage the development of the little ones. The best game of 2022 award went to Apex Legends Mobile, an adaptation of the popular PC title for mobile devices. Check out, below, the complete selection with the highlights of the year of Play Store in Brazil.

Apps

Best app: Giga Gloob

O Giga Gloob brings together famous characters from children's television in a single app, including Mundo Bita, Miraculous: The Adventures of Ladybug and Masha and the Bear. Children can enjoy videos, drawing activities and games designed to encourage emotional and intellectual development. With a paid subscription, you can create up to three profiles for your family.

Popular Vote: discovery+ | streaming

discovery + is Discovery's streaming service. There, you can follow real-life entertainment, as well as find series and programs about relationships, true crimes, renovation and decoration, gastronomy, lifestyle, adventure and exploration, documentaries, paranormal, nature and animals, children's content and science and technology .

Most fun app: Dream by WOMBO – AI Art Tool

Dream by WOMBO - AI Art Tool promises to turn your idea into a painting with the help of artificial intelligence in a few seconds. You don't need a brush, pencil or any art supplies. Just type in the design you want to make, such as “car”, “desert island” or “alien space station”, and the app will take care of everything else.

Best for personal growth: Spoke: Learn English Fast

Spoke Learn English Fast promises to help people who want to learn a new language but don't have the time and patience for traditional classes. The app has millions of students and offers the most varied languages, such as Spanish, French and 14 more languages.

Best everyday apps: Plant Parent – ​​Care Guide

O plant parent offers solid solutions for plant care. The app works as a true guide on how to take care of plants indoors, offering suggestions on when to water and even how to use fertilizers depending on the type of plant. To all this, just add the plant you have at home and it will work as a virtual assistant.

Best Hidden Treasure: PetStar: My Dog & Cat Sings

With this app, you can create a fun video clip with your dog or cat's face as the star of the video. To do this, just take a picture of the animal's face, choose your favorite pop song and share it with family and friends! The app even has a premium version with unlocking special features.

Best good app: Projeto Comprova

O Proof Project is a collaborative, non-profit initiative that brings together journalists from 43 Brazilian media outlets to discover and investigate suspicious information about public policies, presidential elections and the covid-19 pandemic that was shared on social media or via messaging apps.

Games

Best Game: Apex Legends Mobile

Apex Legends Mobile brings all the key points that popularized the original game into an experience made for smartphones: the intense team fights, the search for better equipment on the battlefield and the taste of victory after eliminating rival teams - but with some changes that add layers more strategic.

Popular vote: Kingdom Maker

Em kingdom maker, assemble armies with Champions and custom units to conquer new kingdoms and compete in real-time combat. Fight your way to the top, pillaging cities and territories. Send countless reinforcements and destroy your enemies. Or stay in the castle, defend your kingdom, build your city, impose your will on your subjects and find true love.

Best multiplayer: Dislyte

Set in the near future with an urban mythological theme, dyslyte is a stunning hero story that offers an amazing gameplay experience. Adopting an urban mythological RPG style, you are able to fight alongside heroes with divine powers in a world with beautiful graphics.

Best casual game: Angry Birds Journey

Angry Birds Adventure brings new characters and locations to yet another title in one of the world's most popular franchises. The birds, in addition to also receiving a visual makeover, had their abilities changed. Each level has up to three different objectives that you need to complete before moving on to the next one, such as collecting balloons, knocking over cages, defeating pigs, releasing fireflies or hatchlings, and even finding mystery blocks.

Best indie game: Dicey Dungeons

Em Dicey dungeons you battle monsters, find items, and level up your characters as you help each other defeat the Goddess of Fate, Lady Luck herself. You can use six different characters, each with unique interaction styles and abilities.

Best Story: Ni no Kuni: Cross Worlds

Ni no Kuni Cross Worlds is an action MMORPG game with open world elements. The game takes place in a virtual reality environment. The player is a character who has been transported into this world and doesn't know how to get out. However, he soon discovers that he will need to venture out to save both the real and virtual worlds where he is inserted.

Best Game Continuity: Roblox

Roblox is a MMOSG and Sandbox game platform usually based on an open world, multiplatform and simulation that allows you to create your own virtual world from scratch called 'experience' or 'place' where the thousands of players on the platform can interact. Currently, the platform has millions of users around the world.

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Why are you crying, Google? O showmetech also prepared his own selection bringing together the best offline games for Android in 2022.

Sources: Google [1] [2].