The most needed mobile applications in the near future. The most necessary applications for Android. place: File manager

There are over 2 million applications on Google Play, most of which copy each other's functionality or are simply outright slag. It’s difficult to choose software that will become your assistant and move from smartphone to smartphone, and the tasks of all users are different. But we are confident that our rating, which includes only the best programs for Android, will add a couple of titles to the list of your favorite programs.

Another Call Recorder

ACR is one of the simplest, most intuitive and well-functioning programs for recording calls. The application offers a wide range of settings: more than 8 audio formats, automatic and manual recording, uploading files to the cloud, password protection of recordings, deleting them after a specified time, and much more.

The program is shareware, the Pro version without advertising costs a little more than a dollar, and it also adds the ability to automate recording for individual contacts. When running in the background, ACR consumes virtually no battery. Judging by the reviews, 95% of users have no problems with the launch and operation of ACR, so in terms of stability, this is the best program for recording calls on Android.

Mindly

Mindly is a great free mind mapping app, and if you don't know what it is, we highly recommend catching up. Memory cards can be used for planning tasks, creating notes and abstracts, preparing for a speech or a business event - it is much easier to navigate any thoughts and ideas that are presented visually than with regular notes.

Unlike other similar programs, Midnly not only has no limit on the number of elements inside the map, but also no advertising, and you can attach images and extended notes to any icon. This is definitely one of the most useful free apps on the Play Market!

Lightning QR scanner

Many people still don’t understand why a QR scanner is needed in a smartphone and why decoding a QR code may be required. But it’s worth keeping your finger on the pulse of technology: such tags provide quick access to expanded information on products, addresses, tickets, attractions; they allow you to follow an encrypted link on the Internet, get a discount on a product, or instantly pay for utilities.

The best program for reading QR codes for Android is Molniya QR scanner, it works quickly and error-free, has the most unobtrusive advertising in the free version among all analogues and works equally effectively with regular barcodes. Simple, fast and free - what more do you need?

MapcamDroid

An indispensable assistant for any driver, MapcamDroid performs the functions of a radar detector and warns of the approach of traffic police posts, speed cameras and places with high accident rates. You don't need the Internet to work; you just need to download the database for your region when installing the application. About 250 countries are available in the program, including Russia, Ukraine and Belarus.

The application works seamlessly in the background and synchronizes with any navigators and DVRs. MapcamDroid is undoubtedly the best radar detector program for Android; it is supported by tens of thousands of users who update the database daily and check the correctness of the available information.

Pedometer from Leap Fitness Group

The Market is full of carbon copy pedometers that are similar to each other, and they all suffer from the same disease - inaccurate calculations. The application from Leap Fitness Group has a minimal number of false alarms; it works according to the readings of the accelerometer sensor (the sensitivity of which can be adjusted to suit your needs), which means there is no excessive battery consumption due to constantly active GPS.

The pedometer has a nice minimalistic design, it is completely free, supports advanced physical activity statistics and many other interesting features. In general, if you need a pedometer program for Android, this is the best choice.

Nova Launcher

Of all the launchers, Nova is the most customizable, smooth and beautiful. If you are tired of the stock interface of your smartphone, this application will help you change it beyond recognition. Nova brings not only visual changes, but also functionality - there is expanded support for gestures, a counter of unread applications on desktop shortcuts, the ability to flexibly customize the application menu, and a context menu on icons.

The launcher is entirely in Russian, it is not demanding on resources and works correctly even on old smartphones (Android 4.1+ is required). Another undeniable plus is the thorough support from developers who promptly fix any bugs and regularly release updates. In general, Nova Launcher must be included in any top Android program.

Google Photos

All Android users probably know about Google Photo, but many do not use this great application, preferring a regular gallery. Of course, you can use something like QuickPick to view images, but that’s not the beauty of the product from Good Corporation - Google Photo automatically uploads photos to the cloud. Imagine: you come home from vacation, and the pictures on your computer are already waiting for you to view them.

Add here built-in tools for processing, automatic creation of collages, animations and mini-movies, grouping photos by places, objects and faces, reminders of photo events of the past and you will get one of the most useful applications for smartphones in principle.

Snapseed

Snapseed has been and remains a top tool for working with color correction, it has comprehensive functionality, including working with RGB curves and lighting balance, retouching, noise reduction, sharpening, and there are also many presets and effects, including double exposure.

This editor is ideal for an amateur photographer, but this is not a program where cool processing can be achieved at the press of one button. Snapsid allows you to achieve amazing results even with the cameras of budget smartphones, but you need at least a minimal amount of learning how to use it. If you are interested in the best Android photo editing apps, where the entire process is fully automated, download Photo Lab and enjoy a variety of colorful photo effects and filters.

LAZY IPTV

The most advanced and free client for watching IP television, which also supports playing videos from VK, YouTube and listening to Internet radio. After downloading playlists into the application (search on w3bsit3-dns.com), you will have access to hundreds of domestic and international channels with an integrated program schedule, and you can also watch torrent-tv, through which major sporting events are often broadcast (AceStream is used for this on a computer).

The functionality of LAZY IPTV is in perfect order; it would take a very long time to list everything that this client can do. In general, understand the application and you will not need other best programs for watching TV on Android.

Where are my children

A spy program for Android, designed to be used for good purposes. Using this application, you can track in real time on a map the locations of family members who have similar software installed on their phones.
For greater safety, an alert is provided when a child leaves the designated area, there is a hidden dialing function that allows you to listen to what is happening around the baby, as well as a built-in chat for instant messaging. The application supports synchronization not only with smartphones, but also with children's smart watches. “Where are my children” is definitely a must-have for caring parents.

That's all, we looked at the TOP 10 best programs for Android. We hope that this rating has revealed something new to you and helped you choose a couple of useful assistants for yourself.

This application removes unused files from your smartphone - this way you maintain order and get rid of garbage that eats up the memory of your Android device. The Clean Master Lite utility will delete the application cache and also free up memory from unused running applications. Also, there is a function for analyzing the performance of the device and files on the SD card and an antivirus for checking downloaded files. The AppLock function allows you to block access to Facebook, SMS, contacts, photo gallery, as well as any other applications.

29th place: AirDroid

With AirDroid, you can wirelessly sync your Android device with your PC. The only thing you need for this is the appropriate version of the program on your PC. You can download it from the official website of the program. However, it is worth noting that many useful options, for example, copying not only files, but also entire folders, are available only for Preemium accounts, which means that the manufacturer deliberately cuts down the functions of the free version.

28th place: RIA Novosti

It is always worth having an idea of ​​the picture of events in the world. With the free RIA Novosti application you will always be up to date with the latest news. But even here there are some peculiarities of the free news feed, in which it is not very convenient to customize the font.

27th place: Adobe Acrobat Reader

With the Android version of Adobe Acrobat Reader, you can now open and view documents in PDF format on any phone and tablet PC running the Android operating system.

26th place: Yandex.Maps

The popular mobile application Yandex.Maps has high positioning accuracy on the ground, a unique system for laying out and guiding the route, and also has a convenient search for objects on the map. To plot and guide the route, the program requires the Internet, but you can download a map of the desired area in advance to use it offline. The map contains all infrastructure facilities, including gas stations, workshops, banks, shops, cafes, theaters, etc. In addition, the function of displaying traffic congestion - Traffic Jams - is also very useful. In the 3D map mode, when following a route, there is information about lane indicators.

25th place: WPS Office Lite

The free office suite WPS Office Lite will help you view documents sent to you by email, as well as type new text and spreadsheet files. This is perhaps the best replacement for Microsoft Office.

24th place: Evernote

Anyone who places great importance on being well organized can rejoice at the free app. It allows you to create, edit and retrieve notes for offline use, as well as create voice memos. In addition, you can import the resulting images into the application and then process them using Skitch.

23rd place: Snapseed

is a versatile image optimization application suitable for both beginners and experienced photographers.

22nd place: SoundCloud

From the SoundCloud streaming service, you can legally and free listen to several million songs, and the service automatically downloads content to your smartphone and, if the Internet is unavailable, allows you to play tracks offline.

21st place: TripAdvisor

To avoid ending up in a hotel that disappoints you, simply check the app's many user ratings in advance. At the same time, you can choose not only hotels. Here you will find ratings of restaurants and other leisure activities.

20th place: Instagram

This is a social service based on photographs that people share not only among a narrow group of friends, but also create entire communities. And although the format of the published photographs is painfully disappointing with its “square” proportion (the second eye is not needed for viewing), people are forced to put up with this, because this has become the de facto standard in this social network. Here you can upgrade your photos: 20 effects are available with which you can give your images a style, for example, Gotham. During the test, this worked smoothly and quickly. Then the photo is given a short title, the current GPS location is assigned, and now your friends can see photo news in your Instagram app.

19th place: Google Translate

The free Google Translator scores points primarily with its very powerful online engine, which allows you to translate text into photos and videos, as well as recognizing voices in real time. It is noteworthy that the application can also work offline. You probably won’t find a better universal translator than this one.

18th place: Gismeteo lite

With the free Android app you will be aware of the weather conditions in your region and the 10-day forecast. The GPS location feature tells you where you are at a glance.

17th place: FBReader

FBReader e-book reader is one of the best applications in the digital reading segment. Here you will find a convenient cataloging of books by author, title and topic, a wide range of accepted formats, and even a search for books on the Internet. And in this application, you can synchronize with the selected cloud storage in order to read books on all your devices - smartphones and tablets, from the place where you stopped reading.

16th place: AliExpress

In the mobile version of AliExpress, every day you can select profitable purchases not only from China, but also from Russia.

15th place: Netflix

Even if there is no huge Smart TV nearby, it works on both a smartphone and a tablet.

14th place: barcode scanner QR and barcode scanner

Take photos and compare: With QR and Barcode Scanner's barcode scanner, you quickly get independent product information directly to your Android smartphone. Using the integrated scanner, you can photograph the code that is located on almost every product. This can be a European barcode (EAN), a two-dimensional barcode (QR) or an International Standard Book Number (ISBN). The product and all available information about it, such as price and customer reviews, will quickly appear on your smartphone.

13th place: OneFootball

The application will not be useful to everyone, but it will be very useful on the mobile phone of a football fan: with its help you will receive information about individual matches and much more.

You can also get detailed reports on all major European championships, Champions League, Europa League and cup competitions here. With this app you will never miss a game.

12th place: Google Chrome

Probably everyone knows the desktop version of Google Chrome. Google itself has also released a mobile version of the popular browser for Android smartphones, which, however, only works on devices with Android 4.0 (“Ice Cream Sandwich”) and later versions.

11th place: VLC for Android

VLC for Android - like the original, stands out for its support for many audio and video formats.

10th place: Snapchat

Through you send photos to your friends. The trick is that all the pictures you sent will appear only for a few seconds, and after that they will be automatically deleted. So, you can send your wildest selfies seamlessly through Snapchat and not worry about the consequences later.

9th place: WhatsApp messenger

The application, surprisingly, is probably used by many of your friends and acquaintances. And all because when installed, it scans your entire phone book and automatically enters it into its database, located in distant America on some CIA server. necessary, if only because all friends have it. And since you are in someone’s phone book, then your number is in this extensive file cabinet. That is, by installing this application, you will certainly be able to find your friends there and communicate with them, organizing, for example, a family or friendly chat.

8th place: Dropbox

The online service puts at your disposal free 2 GB of disk space on the Internet, which you can use from anywhere. Including, of course, from your mobile phone. Is there any reason to refuse such an offer?

7th place: File manager

One of the reasons why smartphones have got huge widescreen screens is for watching videos. Processors today are able to consume almost no energy when the smartphone is operating in video player mode, and in terms of the number of formats that a typical Android smartphone can handle, it is even cooler than computers. In theory, it can handle both ancient videos from the early 90s and new 4K videos.

In theory, because standard video players in smartphones are made according to the principle “as long as something is played somehow.” If you manage to record a bunch of movies from your computer to your smartphone to watch them on the road, you run the risk of finding that half of the videos either cannot be opened or are played back without picture and/or sound.

MX Player is an excellent omnivorous video player on Android

All this can be fixed by installing a truly omnivorous player. There are many of them, but MX is one of the most authoritative and sophisticated among its kind. It plays any video and music in a very economical mode, even on old smartphones, can make the volume in video recordings twice as high as a standard player (in films with a quiet soundtrack, this is very useful), switch between several types of voice acting, and zoom in with a pinch ", as in photographs, and open videos from sites in a convenient Android player.

MX Player itself is free, but full of advertising. The ad-free version already costs money. The only troublesome thing is that, due to the greed of patent holders, support for the AC3 format (multichannel sound in modern films) needs to be downloaded and “screwed on” separately. But take my word for it - the player is very good and deserves such trouble.

ES Explorer - cleaning your smartphone from junk and transferring files over Wi-Fi

A long time ago, when Android was a semi-finished product, there were no sensible file managers. In order to flaunt to iPhone owners the fact “look, I have everything organized into folders, like on a computer!”, it was necessary to download a separate application for managing files.

Those days are long gone, and now every smartphone has banal programs for renaming, moving or copying files. But there are no quality ones among them.

ES Explorer will help you transfer files over Wi-Fi and clean your system of junk

ES Explorer was one of the first noteworthy file managers on Android; today it has grown in breadth and can do much more than the average user needs. But an active Android phone user will definitely need the following “goodies”:

• Ability to open files from local network. For example, from a shared folder on your computer/laptop, or from a hard drive/flash drive that you plugged into the router.
• Working with archives. Someday they will send you a stack of photographs, a Word/Excel document inside .zip, .rar or something even worse. ES Explorer will be able to open such archives without problems.
• Drive analysis. If your smartphone is filled to capacity with files, and it’s not very clear why the space suddenly ran out so suddenly, just press the “analyze” key in ES, after which it will show how much space in memory is occupied by pictures/music/applications and games/documents, will arrange them from large to small and allow you to remove “garbage” right in the same menu. There is almost no alternative in terms of convenience.
• Transfer files between smartphones at Wi-Fi speed. It's unlikely that you send photos, music and videos to nearby mobile phones as often as in the era of polyphonic ringtones, but Bluetooth has always been a dull and slow method of communication, and the normal universal way to transfer files over Wi-Fi is not came up with it. More precisely, they came up with it, but only between identical applications. If you and your friend have ES Explorer, you can send large files in two clicks at the highest speed possible between mobile phones - the file manager has a “sender” function for this case.

WPS Office - Word, Excel and everything, everything, everything

During the existence of smartphones, Microsoft Office standard files (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.) were at first an “overwhelming” exotic, then a revelation with which everyone tried to edit texts on tiny screens. Today, there are no miracles in viewing and minor editing of text in documents and presentations. Another thing is that such files (+ Adobe PDF documents) will be sent to your e-mail from all sides, and there will be nothing to open them on your smartphone. You can, of course, keep the intrigue until you get to your desktop PC, but it is wiser to spend several tens of megabytes of memory on a ready-made set for opening and editing everything “office”.

WPS Office - Word, Excel and PowerPoint in your pocket

WPS Office (formerly Kingsoft Office, if anyone is interested) is not the coolest office suite of its kind, but it is free, bug-free, fast and not lacking in features even compared to expensive alternatives. We recommend.

Weather/news widgets - so as not to turn on the TV

As in the case of file managers, smartphones are not deprived of information about the temperature outside the window and the latest news, but the quality of standard widgets almost always leaves much to be desired. Therefore, we advise you to decorate your desktop with information details from other developers.

The appearance and functionality of widgets is always a matter of taste, but in our opinion, the least catchy and at the same time functional options for weather and news are offered today by Yandex. The side effect is the constant “steaming” of search, the Taxi application and other company products.

Weather and news will make your smartphone desktop always an interesting sight

At first, it will be unusual to look at headlines and weather forecasts on your desktop instead of “wallpapers,” but take my word for it - very soon you will begin to enjoy the fact that you will know all the main events in the world before TV viewers and news readers on the Internet. It is also not necessary to delve only into political conflicts - lovers of cars or electronic devices can receive information only on their favorite topics.

Shazam - find out what song is playing

Every day you hear music, among which there are songs that seem to give you an electric shock. Because when you were a child, you were running under the Christmas tree to this very song/getting ready for a first date/getting a job/something else, but from the text in foreign it is still not clear what it’s about, and you also don’t remember who actually performs this song and what is it called.

With new smartphones this is no longer a problem - you take your Android “shovel” out of your wide trousers and press a key. The smartphone listens to the song and names the artist and song title after a few seconds. That's what an app called Shazam is for.

Shazam: You'll always know what music is playing nearby

Of course, Shazam, although he was one of the first, is far from the only one of its kind - Sony has similar applications, and recently even Google began to learn to recognize music. But Shazam has the largest knowledge base, so it is still the most reliable way to recognize music using a smartphone.

Now it seems to you that such a function will not be needed regularly - when you begin to suffer after hearing a fragment of your favorite song, but did not know who sings it, you will remember our words.

Currency converter - a tragedy starring the dollar and ruble

Why are you laughing? Have you already forgotten how you tore your hair out and rushed to the stores to buy equipment in order to buy it before the price tags were rewritten?

Of course, I would like to believe that the worst is behind us, and in the coming years we will not experience sharp fluctuations in the ruble against the US dollar, but it is not a bad idea to look at how the national currency is doing, so that later you do not find out the shocking truth as the last one, from the evening news reports. And in general, a convenient tool for converting between the currencies of different countries will be useful on vacation and on business trips.

How is our long-suffering ruble doing?

There are a great many applications that can convert currencies, we will recommend one of the most visual among them - Easy Currency Converter. Simple in appearance, with the ability to select your “favorite” currencies and a graph with exchange rate dynamics. That is, in addition to the current figures, you can always see how the ruble jumped/fell against the dollar over the coming days, months or even years. Gourmets, by the way, can even look at the so-called Russian Zen - the “holy trinity” of dollar, euro and the price of a barrel of oil.

Messengers - VKontakte, Odnoklassniki, WhatsApp, Viber, Skype and others

A very naive point in our selection, but if you have just recently bought a smartphone, know that “smart phones” differ from simple ones by focusing on constant communication, not only for calls and SMS in GSM networks, but also via the Internet. The ability to chat in ICQ existed in ancient times, but in new smartphones running Android you have the opportunity to share huge amounts of information, video recordings, and make video calls abroad completely free of charge!

A smartphone is an opportunity to communicate without regard to tariffs and distances

Because mobile operators have long switched everyone to tariffs with a monthly fee, to which the serious rubbish of the Internet is “nailed.” This will be enough to stop sending SMS and switch to communicating with friends and relatives online.

It is not necessary to install all instant messengers at once (although it is advisable) - choose those in which you will have someone to keep in touch with. It would be enough.

Online videos - TV, online cinemas or short jokes

Of course, with the limited amount of traffic in the new cellular tariffs (Russian operators have removed unlimited data further in order to more effectively milk subscribers), it does not allow much acceleration, but the Internet package is enough for a certain amount of video entertainment. And with occasional Wi-Fi at home or at work, you can get out even more efficiently.

If you didn’t know, the “Big Three” (MTS, Beeline, MegaFon) mobile operators have applications for watching television via 3G/4G without consuming traffic from the tariff. In MTS, for such pleasure they want a little money above the tariff, in Beeline there is a small number of free channels + paid ones, MegaFon varies the number of free tariffs depending on the amount of the monthly fee for your tariff. In any case, if you would like to watch television away from the “box”, pay attention to such services of cellular operators.

TV, cinema or short videos - Android has it all

And if, on the contrary, you don’t want the TV to reach you from your mobile phone, install an online cinema for yourself to watch feature films or music videos. The most popular applications of this kind remain ivi.ru And Megogo, among the unofficial (which are not on Google Play) and completely free clients we can note VideoMix , HD VideoBox And LazyIPTV.

If you buy a smartphone based on the Android operating system, then in any case you will receive a device with a certain set of applications. However, not all of them will be useful, and some important programs will not be on the device at all. In this collection we want to talk about those utilities that you need to install first. Their presence on any smartphone can now be called virtually mandatory.

In the old days, it was a rare person to install additional programs on a mobile phone. Usually the user thought about Opera Mini and ICQ, and that was where his fantasy ended. But modern smartphones offer hundreds of thousands of applications. Here, willy-nilly, you think about which of them you need to download after purchase. In this article we will talk about the most useful applications for Android. All you have to do is click on the button leading to Google Play in order to install this or that program on your device.

Price: Free

A very useful application. But the effect of it can only be noticed on. Or on new ones, but with a minimal price tag and weak components. The essence of the program is to regularly unload applications from memory so that they do not consume battery power. You can also find out what temperature the battery has reached right from the main window of the utility. Bluetooth and Wi-Fi modules are also controlled here.

In a word, Battery Doctor will increase your battery life. But you shouldn’t count on incredible results - on average, the increase is no more than 5-10%. And there is no point in installing this program on any computer that already has a well-implemented energy saving mode.

Advantages:

• Increases battery life;
• Possibility to download for free;
• Availability of a task manager widget;
• Possibility to find out about the battery temperature.

Flaws:

• The meaning of the application is lost on the new ones.

Degree of usefulness: depends on device

360 Security

Price: Free

Nowadays it is impossible to use a computer without some kind of antivirus. A similar program can also be useful on a smartphone, especially if you have not asked your operator to block the sending of SMS messages to four-digit numbers. This product will prevent a malicious application from sending SMS without your knowledge, emptying your balance.

You need to download 360 Security not only for protection, but also to speed up your device. The fact is that this utility has a full-fledged optimizer built into it, which tries to speed up the performance of the smartphone. Of course, this works best on inexpensive devices, and also if there are too many applications installed on it.

Finally, 360 Security allows you to locate your device if it's lost or stolen. However, such a function is already built into the Android operating system - it’s just that not every user suspects its existence.

Advantages:

• Not a bad antivirus;
• Help in finding a smartphone;
• Optimizer with automatic cleaning capability;
• The interface has been translated into Russian;
• Distributed free of charge.

Flaws:

• In some cases, the antivirus will be useless;
• Optimization is not needed on new versions of Android.

Degree of usefulness: depends on device

Price: Free

The Internet is replete with a variety of interesting articles. After all, even now you are reading exactly this kind of information material. But often the reading process using a browser is somewhat difficult. Advertising may interfere here, and the layout may not be designed for a mobile device. In this case, the easiest way is to use Pocket by moving the Internet page there.

The most necessary applications for Android cannot but include Pocket. In fact, this is a service containing various texts that you decide to save for later reading. The program requires registration, but then you can access articles from several devices at once. And you can even save a web page on your computer by providing the browser with the appropriate extension.

It should be noted that Pocket displays only text and pictures - nothing extra. This makes the reading process much easier. There is also a recommendation system implemented here, but it works best so far only with English-language texts. What is important is that the application developers do not require money and do not introduce annoying advertising into their project.

Advantages:

• The interface has been translated into Russian;
• Easy reading of articles;
• Using the program without access to the Internet;
• Access to texts from different devices;
• Distributed free of charge.

Price: Free

Price: Free

If Pocket saves ready-made articles, then Evernote is a kind of “cloud” notepad. You can save the notes you need in it. In the future, you will have access to viewing and editing them from any platform where you install Evernote - this can be Android, iOS and even Windows Phone. The corresponding program is also available on the PC. The creators also offer to use their website, in which case you only need a browser, and this opens up the possibility of creating notes even on outdated platforms.

All notes can be divided into separate notebooks, which act as folders here. Evernote is free to download and use. However, every month the creators provide you with a strictly limited space on their servers. If you want to create notes with many photos, you will have to sign up for a paid subscription annually. And it is very expensive!

Advantages:

• The interface has been translated into Russian;
• Distributed free of charge;
• View your notes on different devices;
• Offline viewing of recordings (paid subscription required).

Flaws:

• Not the richest text design options;
• Notes with photos will require a paid subscription.

Degree of usefulness: depends on lifestyle

KMPlayer

Price: Free

Each smartphone has a standard player created by the device manufacturer. But most often its capabilities are not enough. In this case, irreplaceable video players come to the rescue. For example, you can download and install KMPlayer as it. It is capable of playing video content of any format - even .flv, which many other video players do not recognize, will not be a hindrance.

The application can provide a background playback function. This allows you to read some magazine saved in .pdf format, from time to time being distracted by events in a series or movie. Previously, this could only be achieved by using several gadgets - for example, a tablet and a TV.

You can also consider installing other video players. In particular, they perform well MX Player And BSPlayer. Ours, which contains a corresponding comparison, will help you make your choice.

Advantages:

• The interface has been translated into Russian;
• Distributed free of charge;
• Background playback;
• No problems with AC3 audio codec;
• Ability to create playlists.

Flaws:

• Problems with playback on some devices.

Degree of usefulness: required for installation

ES Explorer

Don't listen to those people who say that a modern smartphone or tablet can do without a file manager. No, someday you will definitely need such a utility. And it will be better if it is already in the device’s memory. Now there are a large number of file managers, we even wrote about the best of them. Theoretically, you can install any of these utilities. But if you are going to use it often, then it is better to pay attention to ES Explorer.

This program was developed by ES Global and is regularly improved. Now it includes very rich functionality. The creators even introduced support for themes! The utility allows you to instantly go to the “Downloads”, “Videos”, “Music” or “Pictures” folders. And in a separate tab there is the entire file system of the device - this should be of interest to experienced users. The application also boasts a built-in archiver, FTP client, support for cloud storage and some other useful functions.

Advantages:

• Working with cloud storage and FTP protocol;
• The interface has been translated into Russian;
• Theme support;
• Distributed free of charge;

If you just bought a smartphone, you are unlikely to find anything other than Google Maps among the navigation applications. Of course, you can use them, but only in the largest Russian cities. In the outback, you may need Yandex.Maps. They have a large number of points of interest (cafes, restaurants, gas stations and other establishments), as well as the “Traffic Traffic” service.

Using this application you can easily get directions. You can also view panoramas here. Otherwise, this is a typical navigation program. One can only regret the lack of ability to download maps for subsequent offline navigation. More precisely, such a function is present here, but only for maps of the most popular Russian cities. By the way, in a separate material you can meet others.

Advantages:

• Detailed maps of most Russian settlements;
• Distributed free of charge;
• Russian-language interface;
• A large number of POI points;
• View panoramas;
• Support for the Yandex.Traffic service.

Flaws:

• Difficulties with offline use.

Degree of usefulness: required for installation

What are the most needed applications for Android?

Perhaps, we have mentioned almost all the most necessary applications. But we deliberately forgot about instant messengers. The fact is that every owner of an Android device gives preference to his own messenger, and therefore we do not undertake to recommend a specific one.

We recommend that immediately after purchasing a smartphone, install such necessary programs for Android as Yandex maps, ES Explorer And KMPlayer. The extent to which you need to download the remaining applications discussed today depends on how you use your smartphone and its specific model.

It is difficult to imagine the life of a modern person without “smart” gadgets. Until recently, most users were satisfied with regular mobile phones, while smartphones were used mainly for entertainment. In addition, the computing power and technical characteristics of the devices did not allow them to fully take advantage of all the advantages of smartphones.

Devices based on Windows Mobile, Symbian and Palm could not boast of powerful enough hardware to use these devices as an MP3 player, game console or video player. Small screens, even on premium devices, did not allow comfortable use of smartphones for surfing the Internet.

It is difficult to judge who laid the foundation for the popularization of smartphones; all that is known is that 90% of the mobile phone market belongs to devices running the Android operating system.

Thanks to the easy-to-learn Android operating system, most users have switched to it, because thanks to Android, new functions can be added to the phone that were not initially supported by the smartphone. Using software, you can, for example, install a voice recorder that records incoming conversations or install a camera that allows you to gain new capabilities that have not yet been implemented by a standard camera.

Unfortunately, not all users know what applications their device can support and what exactly is needed first. For example, users of mobile devices have many questions with clients of social networks, which should be thoroughly understood.

In fact, to comfortably use an Android smartphone, it is enough to have 5 to 10 necessary applications. A large amount of software will overload the device’s RAM, and along with it, consume the battery.

At first glance, navigation apps may seem useless for people without a car, but this is not entirely true. With the help of navigation, a person can navigate anywhere in the world, be it a tourist trip to another city or a hike in the thicket of a forest. Navigation programs will always tell the user where the nearest hospital, hotel, cafe, supermarket and much more are located.

Unfortunately, by default, the GPS navigator, which is available in 99% of smartphones, is used primarily to determine the user’s location in the browser or social networks. The maximum that a smartphone buyer can count on is Google Maps, which requires a constant Internet connection to work.

The best option for working with a GPS module is Navitel. Unlike Google Maps and Yandex Maps, Navitel is focused on working offline.

In addition, Navitel has at its disposal a wide range of tools that are superior to any other navigation application.

In the latest versions of the Android operating system, the standard browser has been replaced by the more stable Chrome Browser.

However, older OSes such as 4.4 and below use an outdated browser by default, and Android 4.4 is still the most common OS version.

Chrome has a significant advantage over the standard browser. Firstly, it is more stable, supports Flash games and video streaming. And secondly, Chrome synchronizes history and bookmarks with the desktop version of the browser. Once logged into their account, the user does not even need to enter passwords to log in to a particular resource.

PowerAmp

By default, an MP3 player is installed in the operating system, but its functionality is quite poor. The preinstalled player does not have an equalizer and automatically sorts the media library by albums or artists. Unfortunately, this sorting method is not very convenient.

There are many convenient players in the Play Market that allow you to search for music tracks in catalogs, support a multi-band equalizer and, most importantly, accept many additional formats, such as ogg, aac, flac and cue.

One of the most popular music players on Android is PowerAmp, however, it is paid and is not much superior to its free counterparts, such as Pi Music Player, which is inferior except for its unfinished design.

Kate Mobile

Many users are sincerely perplexed as to why they need a social network client if they can visit the site through a browser. The answer is quite simple. Firstly, the application has greater capabilities than the web version, and secondly, the application has built-in useful functions, such as VPN services or a music player. In addition, the installed social network client notifies a person about incoming messages and other actions related to the user’s page.

However, some social media clients are best avoided. For example, the Facebook client is one of the leaders among applications that consume smartphone resources. In addition, in order to send messages, you need to install two clients, one for messages, and the second for working with the page.

As a client for Vkontakte, it is better to use the third-party client Kate Mobile. In addition to fine-tuning the interface, this client has one major advantage. Kate Mobile can work with several accounts of the VKontakte social network at once.

ES Explorer

Many personal computer users cannot get used to the peculiarities of the Android operating system. The fact is that Android smartphones do not have an explorer or anything similar. The OS interface consists of desktops and application menus.

To copy, move and delete files, you need to have a powerful file manager. Unfortunately, the default file manager does not have enough tools to meet the user's needs.

With the help of ES Explorer, a person can control not only a smartphone, but also a computer. Being on the same local network, the user can work with files on the computer or transfer control rights to the mobile file system to the computer.

Among the file manager tools, there is a powerful text editor, video player, music player and many other useful functions.

To summarize, it can be noted that for comfortable use of the device, it is enough to have the five applications listed above. In addition, you can add several other, no less interesting programs.

Surely it will be useful for every user to have a messenger client on a portable gadget or Skype, with which you can make free video calls.

And on a trip, an indispensable application can be, with the help of which a person can enjoy reading books as comfortably as possible.