The first edition of the Google Play Awards arrives, a new event that Google has created to highlight the best mobile applications and games of the last 12 months based on the opinion of a panel of experts, a panel that has already selected the nominees in ten categories and prepares to choose the winners on May 19.
Winners will be announced as part of Google I / O 2016, the popular developer event. Of course, the selection in turn starts from the evaluation of various criteria, especially three characteristics of great value: quality of the application, innovation and having had a significant launch or renewal in the last year.
As for the categories under consideration, they include innovative appms,Best implementation of Material Design, Best app, Best gameand Best independent app. Of the nominees, their full list is found both on the official Android Developers blog and in a special section on the Play Store. There is already a page also on the Google I / O 2016 site to follow the ceremony.
In any case, it is unnecessary to take a look at some of the favorites. For example, in the category Standout Startup, Dubsmash, Hopper, Musical.ly, Robinhood and Vrse are the ones who fight for the statuette, while in Standout Indie (for outstanding independent developments) Alphabear, Altos Adventure, Fast like a Fox, Neko Atsume: Kitty Collector and Prune are.
For its part, Better application the fight is between BuzzFeed News, Colorfy, Houzz, TuneIn Radio and Yummly, and in Best game the chosen one to be among Alphabear, Clash of Kings, Clash Royale, MARVEL Future Fight and Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes.
