10 Best Google Apps that You Have No Idea About it...

1. Measure
Measure is an augmented reality application from Google that allows you to take quick daily measurements at home or office, similar to a tape measure. The app uses your AR smartphone camera and allows you to measure the height, width and length of an object. The object being measured must be kept on a flat surface, otherwise the readings will be false. While the measurement is not as accurate as what you would get with a physical tape measure, it is quite good and very useful in situations where you don't have a tape measure handy or just need an approximate value.

2. Accessibility scanner
As the names suggest, Accessibility Scanner is a tool aimed at developers, so they can edit various interface elements for the visually impaired. To start using it, you will first need to enable the app in Settings-> Accessibility. Once enabled, you will see a floating button that allows you to grab a page for suggestions. You can press the button on any page and the app will take the screenshot and scan the page for suggestions on what UI elements you can do. Suggestions include touch targets, item name or label, text contrast, and more. You can then share the information with an app developer by asking them to make changes.

3. Google purchases
Google Shopping is the company's same-day shopping app that lets you shop at local stores like Costco, Walgreens, and Target. The application allows you to buy the usual household items in these stores to be delivered the same day or the next day. Unfortunately, the service is only available in select regions, including San Francisco, California, Manhattan, Chicago, Boston, Washington DC, and Nevada. While the app is available for free, you can get a free membership for $ 10 / month, which provides free delivery of eligible products. If you have a free account, shipping costs start at $ 4.99.

4. Art and culture
Arts & Culture is another great Google app that hasn't gotten the traction it deserves. For all art and history lovers, the app allows you to explore arts, historical wonders, cultural artifacts, and more than 850+ archives, museums, and other historical organizations. There is the possibility to take 360-degree panoramic tours, read about various works of art, discover artistic jewels and see amazing works of art in great detail. If you have an interest in art, history, and culture, this Google app should definitely keep you engrossed.

5. Featured stories
As Google says, "Google Spotlight Stories is your mobile movie theater." The amazing app brings you some of the most immersive stories you can watch on your smartphone. There are stories or movies that use 3D / 2D animation, cinema-quality 360 ° spherical video, full sphere surround sound, and sensor fusion techniques to make you feel part of all the action. Trust me, you have to look at it to believe it. While there aren't many stories in the app, you should see the ones that are already there. The graphics are certainly beautiful and you will surely appreciate it. Give it a try and thank us later!

6. Google Socratic
Socratic by Google is a fun educational app that will help both students and parents. The app is powered by Google AI and understands school work at the high school and college level. You can ask Socratic a question and it will search the internet to provide you with the best resources to help you understand the concept. It is compatible with most high school subjects. In addition to searching for written resources, Socratic also finds relevant videos with step-by-step tutorials. This is a great study app for students.

7. Selfissimo!
Selfissimo! is an interesting application for Google selfies developed by the research wing of the company. The app uses Google's experimental research technology to automatically capture photos every time you pose. The app is pretty easy to use, just start a photoshoot and start posing. Every time you hold a pose for a few seconds, the app will automatically capture the image. It feels magical when it works perfectly, however since you are using experimental software the performance depends on the device you are using. Still, it's a pretty cool Google app that you should definitely check out.

8. PhotoScan
PhotoScan is a cool little app from Google that allows users to save their physical photos in digital form. The app basically uses your smartphone's camera to allow you to scan and save your favorite printed photos. We all know how good Google is with its camera software and the same goes for this app. The app not only takes a photo of your printed photos, but creates enhanced digital scans. The app offers features like glare-free scans, edge detection based auto cropping, perspective correction rectangular scans, and smart rotation to give you a perfect scan of your photos. The best part is that all scanned images are saved to Google Photos where they are organized and categorized and searchable. This is definitely one of the best apps made by Google that not many people know about.

9. Files
The Google Files app is fairly new. It was first released as Files Go, a lightweight file manager for Android Go which is a scaled down version of Android designed to run on smartphones with less than 1GB of RAM. However, after the immense popularity of Files Go, Google finally released the app as a standalone file manager for Android.
Having used the Files app for the past few months, I can surely say that it is one of the best file managers on Android. Not only does it allow you to quickly access local storage, but it also allows you to delete junk files to free up storage space, share files offline with Files users, and back up your data to the cloud. If you're not using Google Files, you're missing out on one of the best Google apps I've ever used.

10. Toontastic 3D
Toontastic 3D is an application that is primarily aimed at children, but it can be fun for users of any age. The application allows users to create animated characters and tell stories through them using easy-to-use drag and drop tools. Just move your characters around the screen and tell your story. The application can also record your voice and animations and store them on your device as a 3D video. Overall I found this app to be quite engaging and entertaining and I can see why kids fall in love with it. This is a great app and you should definitely give it a try.


An article by Munna Suprathik