Google Announces 54 Apps & Games Eligible For Google Play Awards 2017, Your Favorite?

Short Bytes: Google has released the list of the app contenders for the second iteration of the Google Play Awards program. The total of 54 nominees is divided into 12 categories ranging from best apps for AR and VR platforms to the apps which have contributed towards a social cause.

Google I/O developer conference is about to happen in a month’s time. Apart from briefing the developers with new Android features, Google will also be announcing the names of the apps and games which have performed better than others on Google Play.

The company has announced the list of nominees, divided into 12 categories, for the Google Play Awards 2017. The developer conference would be witnessing the second instances of the award ceremony. You can check out last year’s winners here.

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Google Play Awards 2017 Nominees

Best App

• Quik
• Memrise
• Fabulous
• Money Lover
• Citymapper

Best Game

• Choices
• Pokemon GO
• Transformers: Forged To Fight

Standout Indie

• Reigns
• Kingdom: New Lands
• Mars: Mars
• Causality
• Mushroom 11

Standout Startup

• Hooked
• Discord
• CastBox
• Simple Habit Meditation

Best Android Wear

• Lifesum
• Runtastic
• Foursquare
• Bring!
• Seven

Best TV Experience

• Netflix
• Red Bull TV
• Haystack TV

Best VR Experience

• Virtual Virtual Reality
• The Arcslinger
• Mekorama VR
• Gunjack 2
• The Turning Forest

Best AR Experience

• Dinosaurs Among Us
• HOLO
• WOORLD
• Crayola Color Blaster

Best App For Kids

• Hot Wheels: Race Off
• Animal Jam – Play Wild
• Teeny Titans
• Toca Life: Vacation
• Think! Think!

Best Multiplayer Games

• FIFA Mobile Soccer
• Lords Mobile
• Heartstone
• Modern Strike Online
• Down of Titans

Best Accessibility

• IFTTT
• Eye-D
• A Blind Legend
• SwiftKey Symbols
• Open Sesame!

Best Social Impact

• ProDeaf Translator
• Charity Miles
• Sea Hero Quest
• ShareTheMeal
• Peek Acuity

Google will announce the winners for each of these categories at the Google I/O conference scheduled to happen on May 18, 6:30 PM. The conference will also uncover more information about the upcoming Android O for which the developer preview was released last month.

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