Module 7: Business Skills in a Paperless Economy

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Lesson 1: Android App Stores

Module 7: Business Skills in a Paperless Economy Chapter 3: How to choose and how to use the Apps – Applications for multiple devices  Lesson 1: Android App Stores

Getting familiar with choosing the app developer, categories and its features

For ANDROID mobile operating system, the most popular stores are :  Google Play, App Gallery and Galaxy Store 

 

App Gallery

  • Recent app store developed by Huawei
  • It is not only used for Huawei brand devices, but it is also available on any iOS or Android device

Image credit: https://consumer.huawei.com/en/mobileservices/appgallery/ 

Getting familiar with choosing the app developer, categories and its features

 

Galaxy Store 

  • Themes, games and apps created by Samsung and third parties
  • Apps – 18 popular categories, some of them are also available in Google Play Store
  • Games – 17 categories
 

Google Play Store 

Developed by Google, it is the most popular app on Android devices

The app works on phone, tablet, TV, Chromebook, smartwatch, car; when compared between devices there are certain characteristics or display differences within the same app

Over 49 categories of apps ( according to AppBrain.com) 

Over 2.68 million apps available since 2009 (according to statista.com) 

https://play.google.com/store/apps?hl=en&gl=US 

●Art & Design

●Auto & Vehicles

●Books & Reference

●Business

●Communication

●Education

●Finance

●House & Home

●Music & Audio

●News & Magazines

●Photography

●Productivity

●Social

●Tools

●Video Players & Editors

●Weather

●Events

●Maps & Navigation

 

Image credits:  Android Apps on Google Play

Image credit: https://www.appbrain.com/stats/android-market-app-categories

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