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Google has announced that it will host the first ever ‘Google Play Awards’ for apps and app developers on Android across a variety of category. The awards will be given at this year’s I/O conference, which starts on May 18. Google will announce the names of the winners on May 19.
A blogpost announce these inaugural awards reads, “Google Play has seen tremendous growth over the past year, reaching 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 Play Awards will have 10 categories and five nominees in each. The nominees have been chosen by a panel of experts on the Google Play team based on criteria emphasising app quality, innovation, etc.
Below is the full list of nominees and categories and what each one represents:
Standout Startup: Google says this list has apps from new developers that offer a unique experience while achieving strong install growth.
Nominees: Dubsmash, Hopper, Musical.ly, Robinhood and Vrse.
Standout Indie: This one is for games from indie developers that focus on artistic design, high quality and innovative gameplay.
Nominees: Alphabear, Alto’s Adventure, Fast like a Fox, Neko Atsume: Kitty Collector and Prune.
Best Families App: This is for apps or games with family friendly design that encourage creativity and exploration
Nominees: Card Wars – Adventure Time, LEGO Jurassic World, My Very Hungry Caterpillar, Thinkrolls 2 and Toca Nature.
Best Use of Material Design: First-class implementation of material design concepts that deliver an immersive and innovative user experience.
Nominees: Bring!, Robinhood, The Fabulous, Todoist and Vevo
Best Use of Google Play Game Services: High quality games with several strong GPGS feature implementations.
Nominees: Sea Battle 2, Table Tennis Touch, Tapventures, TowerMadness 2 and Zombie Highway 2
Early Adopter: This award is for early adopter of a nascent technology or platform, providing a delightful user experience.
Nominees: Glide, Mechanic Escape, Minecraft: Story Mode, World Around Me and Zumper
Go Global: Apps or games with great localization and culturalization, or subject matter appeal, across multiple regions.
Nominees: Dragon Ball Z Dokkan Battle, Freeletics Bodyweight, Memrise, Musixmatch and Pokémon Shuffle Mobile
Most Innovative: Apps or games offering a highly engaging novelty experience or unique benefit.
Nominees: Fast like a Fox, NYT VR, SmartNews, The Fabulous and This War of Mine
Best App: A true representation of beautiful design, intuitive UX and high user appeal, quality and rating, says Google.
Nominees: BuzzFeed News, Colorfy, Houzz, TuneIn Radio and Yummly
Best Game: Games with strong mechanics, informative tutorial, broad appeal and tasteful design.
Nominees: Alphabear, Clash of Kings, Clash Royale, MARVEL Future Fight and Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes
