My Android Apps

After my articles on which Chrome Extensions and MacOS Apps I used which had some nice feedback, I though… well, let’s do the full package and go to Android also.

Google Suite

Essential

Chrome — The browser, what else.

Gmail — Gmail App

Files — File management app

Find My Device — Never lose your phone

Fit — Activity tracking

Gboard — A keyboard done right

Recorder — Record and voice to speech

Translate — Translate to almost any language

Camera

Camera — A proper camera

Lens —Doing magic with your camera

PhotoScan — Scan your photos with your phone!

Navigation

Maps — A map of almost everywhere.

Waze — Maps is cool, but Waze got the right UX for driving

Earth — Detailed look into our round friend.

Domotics

Google Home — Domotic for Google Home compatible devices

Nest — Control your nest devices

Communication

Slack — Corporate communication done properly

Chat — First was hangouts, now we just chat.

WhatsApp — The “new sms”

Signal — The “new sms” but with privacy

Zoom — Video calls

Social Networks

Facebook — The old social friend

Instagram — Photos, photos everywhere (and some videos)

TikTok — How to spend (useless) time

Quora — Learn something (probably useful but) interesting

LinkedIn — Business on a network

Reddit — One of the forum OGs.

Goodreads — Books, but online.

Networking

1.1.1.1 — Custom fast DNS

Security

Google Authenticator — 2-factor auth

Microsoft Authenticator — 2-factor auth

Manage Devices & Accounts

Family Link — Manage your family devices

Google One — Manage your Google subscription

Reading

Audible — Audiobook and podcast service

Learning

Duolingo — Learn a new language

Shopping

Amazon — Buy now!

eBay — Auction now!

Temu — Shopping from China!

AliExpress — Shopping from China!

Parking

Via Verde — Park and Drive

Notes

Keep — Create your notes synched between devices

News

SAPO Jornais — Portuguese news

Entertainment

9gag — Memes everywhere

Geocaching — Go outside and play!

Banking & Expenses

Wallet — Get your digital wallet

Revolut — Digital banking

Splitwise — Doing your expenses easy

Travel

Citymapper — Best way to navigate on a new city

Tripadvisor — Get proper travel recommendations

Currency — Check what’s the proper price in your own currency

Transportation

Uber / Uber Eats— Get a car or food!

Bolt / Bolt Food — Get a car or food!

Utils

7zipper — Extract all!

Alt-C — Copy/paste from Android Device to Laptop and vice versa

Deliveries — Deliveries Package Tracker

VLC — View your movies on the device

SMS Backup+ — Have your SMS copied to your Gmail account: easier to search via Gmail in the future (how to configure)

SMS Forwarder — Having some SMS rules to forward SMS to other numbers (have a shared account with somebody that needs a pin?)

Government

Portuguese Government ID — Get all your documents

Portuguese MyADSE — If you are a public worker with ADSE