Google Play Award winners announced; Houzz is the best Android app

Purnima Kochikar, Director, Apps and Games Business Development, Google Play posted a picture of all the winners on the Android blogpost. The nominees in each category were chosen by a panel of experts on the Google Play team based on criteria emphasising app quality, innovation, etc. Here are the winners:

Best App: Houzz

Best families App: Thinkrolls 2

Best Game: Clash Royale

Best use of material design: Robinhood

Best use of Google Play games services: Table Tennis Touch

Early Adopter: World Around Me

Go Global: Pokemon Shuffle Mobile

Most innovative: NYT VR

Standout Indie: Alphabear

Satndout startup: Hopper

The company had earlier revealed the Google Play reached more than 1 billion Android users across 190 countries. “As a way to recognize our incredible developer community and highlight some of the best apps and games, we’re kicking off our first-ever Google Play Awards,” Google had said in a blog post.