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Before we list our coolest android apps, we need to give a brief overview of Android and apps world. Android was launched in the year 2008 and since then it has overtaken iOS as the most widely used smartphone OS. It is estimated that more than 300 million smartphones are now using Google’s Android OS. Another estimate indicates that more than 850,000 smartphones with Android OS are being activated daily. The most powerful thing about smartphones is coolest android apps. Google Play, the online marketplace of Android has more than 450,000 listed apps. Apps are being downloaded around 1 billion times every month. Such a huge list can be intimidating when we are looking for coolest android apps. However, we have shortlisted seven coolest android apps for you.
This is a free app available on Google Play and is our first pick of the coolest android apps. This app will replace the default Share menu on android smartphone with a more intuitive menu which enables the user to share photos and messages on Facebook and twitter as well as other networks.
If you are looking for an alternative to Apple’s iTunes Store on Android, this is the app for you. It has a collection of more than 18 million tracks and you can redownload your collection to a new device whenever you change your previous one. This is our second pick of coolest android apps.
Our next pick of coolest android apps is Angry Bird Rio. Angry Birds is the most popular smartphone game and no smartphone can escape these cheeky little birds who are after destroying pigs. This game has characters from the film Rio to make it even more interesting.
4. BBC News
It is our fourth pick of coolest android apps . This is the official android app from BBC which has been designed to enable you to read the latest news from UK and around the world. The stories range from politics to technology. You can customize the home screen of the app to display stories from your favorite category.
5. Google Maps
This is the official maps app from Google. It is very easy to use and has very detailed maps which are easy to navigate. Google maps comes built in Android but the standalone app has more update frequency to keep the maps current and relevant. This is a free app and is our fifth pick of coolest android apps.
I hope that our pick of five coolest android apps will keep you entertained and hooked to your Android phone and help you make the best of it.

